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genus

† Arceotermes Engel & Jiang, 2021

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (1)

  • † Arceotermes Engel & Jiang, 2021 in Jiang, Zhang, Eldredge, Song, Li, Tihelka, Huang, Wang, Engel & Cai, 2021: 381. (fossil)

    type species by original designation † Arceotermes hospitis Engel & Jiang, 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

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Etymology:

The new genus-group name is a combination of the Latin terms arceo (meaning, to “hinder” or “guard”) and termes (“termite”; genitive, termitis).