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Isoptera Species File
genus

† Tanytermitalis Engel & Cai, 2021

Type

† Tanytermitalis philetaerus Engel & Cai, 2021 type species by original designation of † Tanytermitalis Engel & Cai, 2021

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Tanytermitalis Engel & Cai, 2021 in Jiang, Zhang, Eldredge, Song, Li, Tihelka, Huang, Wang, Engel & Cai, 2021: 384. (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Tanytermitalis philetaerus Engel & Cai, 2021

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Jiang, R.-X., Zhang, H.-R., Eldredge, K.T., Song, X.-B., Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Huang, D.-Y., Wang, S., Engel, M.S. & Cai, C.-Y. (2021) Further evidence of Cretaceous termitophily: Description of new termite hosts of the trichopseniine Cretotrichopsenius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with emendations to the classification of lower termites (Isoptera). Palaeoentomology, 4(4), 374–389. https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.4.13

Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The new genus-group name is derived from the generic name Tanytermes (using the genitive of L. termes as the root, termitis), type genus of the family, combined with the Latin suffix –alis (meaning, “to have the nature or quality of”).