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Isoptera Species File
genus

† Longitermes Jouault, Engel, Legendre & Nel, 2022

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Longitermes Jouault, Engel, Legendre & Nel, 2022 in Jouault, Engel, Fls, Legendre, Huang, Grandcolas & Nel, 2022: 610. (fossil)

    type species by original monotypy † Longitermes pulcher Jouault, Engel, Legendre & Nel, 2022

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Jouault, C., Engel, M.S., Fls, Legendre, F., Huang, D., Grandcolas, P. & Nel, A. (2022) Incrementing and clarifying the diversity and early evolution of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196, 608–629.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The generic name is a combination of the Latin longus, long, referring to the elongate head of the new species, and termes, termite, commonly used to refer to Isoptera.