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† Meiatermes araripena Krishna, 1990

Nomenclature (3)

  • † Meiatermes araripena Krishna, 1990: 76-79. (fossil)

    Holotype; imago/alate; 64952215-1c82-4450-a4e4-2538184be788; deposited at: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP);

  • † Cretatermes pereirai Fontes & Vulcano, 1998: 265-269. (fossil)

    Holotype; imago/alate; c33b871b-88e7-4696-a70f-afe3e0ec78b5; deposited at: Collection of M.A. Vulcano, São Paulo, Brazil (MAVC);

  • † Cretatermes pereirai Fontes & Vulcano, 1998 (subjective synonym of † Meiatermes araripena Krishna, 1990) in Grimaldi, Engel & Krishna, 2008: 16.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Fontes, L.R. & Vulcano, M.A. (1998) Cupins fósseis do Novo Mundo. In: L. R. Fontes and E. B. dos Santos Filho (Eds), Cupins: o desafio do conhecimento. Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo, pp. 243–295. [in Portuguese]
  • Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. & Krishna, K. (2008) The species of Isoptera (Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous Crato formation: a revision. American Museum Novitates 3626, 1–30.
  • Krishna, K. (1990) Isoptera. In D. Grimaldi (editor), Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195, 76–81.

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