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Mixotermes lugauensis

Insecta - Mixotermitoidea - Mixotermitidae

Taxonomy
Termes (Mixotermes) lugauensis was named by Sterzel (1881). It is an impression. Its type locality is Gottes-segen-schacht, Lugau, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Termes (Mixotermes).

It was recombined as Mixotermes lugauensis by Scudder (1885), Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Termes (Mixotermes) lugauensis Sterzel p. 273 figs. 3-5
1885Mixotermes lugauensis Scudder p. 331
1906Mixotermes lugauensis Handlirsch p. 127 figs. Pl XIII fig 7
1919Mixotermes lugauensis Handlirsch p. 536
1922Mixotermes lugauensis Handlirsch p. 68

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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
RankNameAuthor
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderMixotermitoidea
familyMixotermitidae
genusMixotermes()
specieslugauensis()

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.

†Mixotermes lugauensis Sterzel 1881
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Germany Termes lugauensis (type locality: 123932)