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Rhinotermitidae
Taxonomy
Rhinotermitidae was named by Froggatt (1897). It is extant. Its type is Termes (Rhinotermes).
It was assigned to Isoptera by Emerson (1971), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993); and to Neoisoptera by Engel et al. (2009), Engel (2011), Krishna et al. (2013), Hellemans et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Isoptera by Emerson (1971), Carpenter (1992), Nel and Paicheler (1993); and to Neoisoptera by Engel et al. (2009), Engel (2011), Krishna et al. (2013), Hellemans et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt |
| 1971 | Rhinotermitidae Emerson p. 248 |
| 1992 | Rhinotermitidae Carpenter p. 141 |
| 1993 | Rhinotermitidae Nel and Paicheler p. 154 |
| 2009 | Rhinotermitidae Engel et al. p. 12 |
| 2011 | Rhinotermitidae Engel |
| 2013 | Rhinotermitidae Krishna et al. p. 651 |
| 2024 | Rhinotermitidae Hellemans et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Rhinotermitidae Froggatt 1897
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G. Dolichorhinotermes Snyder and Emerson 1925
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†Dolichorhinotermes apopnus Engel and Krishna 2007
†Dolichorhinotermes dominicanus Schlemmermeyer and Cancello 2000
G. †Rhinotermites Armbruster 1941
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†Rhinotermites dzierzoni Armbruster 1941
†Rhinotermites kuehni Armbruster 1941
†Rhinotermites wasmanni Armbruster 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Messinian or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Rhinotermitidae indet. (124463) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Dolichorhinotermes apopnus (124928) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Dolichorhinotermes dominicanus (124282) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Rhinotermites dzierzoni, Rhinotermites kuehni, Rhinotermites wasmanni (127614) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan | Rhinotermitidae indet. (152335) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Rhinotermes miocenicus (113998) |