Family Archotermopsidae Engel et al. 2009 (termite)
Insecta - Blattodea - Archotermopsidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, and K. Krishna. 2009. Termites (Isoptera): their phylogeny, classification, and rise to ecological dominance. American Museum Novitates 3650:1-27
Parent taxon: Teletisoptera according to M. L. Wang et al. 2022
See also Engel 2011, Engel 2021, Engel et al. 2009 and Krishna et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Arceotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, Hodotermopsidae, Stolotermitidae
Subtaxa: Archotermopsinae Archotermopsis Gyatermes Parotermes Zootermopsis
Type: Termopsis (Archotermopsis)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Japan (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences