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Khanitermes acutipennis

Insecta - Blattodea - Mastotermitidae

Taxonomy
Valditermes acutipennis was named by Ponomarenko (1988). Its type specimen is PIN 4271/1, a wing, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Shar-Tolgoy (PIN collection 4271), which is in an Aptian lacustrine marl in the Shar-Tolgoy Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Khanitermes acutipennis by Engel et al. (2007), Krishna et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Valditermes acutipennis Ponomarenko p. 71 figs. Pl xiii fig 1; Fig 1
1993Valditermes acutipennis Nel and Paicheler p. 136
2007Khanitermes acutipennis Engel et al. p. 9
2013Khanitermes acutipennis Krishna et al. p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
familyMastotermitidae(Desneux 1904)
genusKhanitermes
speciesacutipennis()

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.

Khanitermes acutipennis Ponomarenko 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Valditermes acutipennis (type locality: 103273 103657)