Mastotermitidae

Genera

Numerous fossil taxa have been described in the Mastotermitidae, as well as in the genus Mastotermes. The family seems to have had a worldwide distribution until just a few million years ago, when all but the ancestors of the giant northern termite became extinct for unknown reasons.

Genera included in the Mastotermitidae are:

1. †Anisotermes Zhao et al Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
2. †Blattotermes Riek (Eocene-Oligocene of France, USA, and Australia)
3. †Garmitermes Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna Baltic amber, Eocene
4. †Idanotermes Engel Baltic amber, Eocene
5. †Khanitermes Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna Shar-Tolgoy Formation, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
6. †Magnifitermes Jouault, Engel, & Nel Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
7. Mastotermes Froggatt (Cretaceous-Recent of Europe, Central America and Australia)
8. †Miotermes Rosen (Miocene of Croatia, Germany, and France)
9. †Spargotermes Emerson (Miocene-Pliocene of Brazil)
10. †Valditermes Jarzembowski Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian

References

References

1. (2016). "Fossil record of stem groups employed in evaluating the chronogram of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda)". [[Scientific Reports]].
2. Krishna, K., D.A. Grimaldi, V. Krishna, & M.S. Engel (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the world. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 377: 1-2704.