genus
† Idanotermes Engel, 2008
Type
type species by original designation of
Nomenclature (2)
- † Idanotermes Engel, 2008: 195. (fossil)
type species by original designation † Idanotermes desioculus Engel, 2008
- † Idanotermes Engel, 2008 (classified as † Idanotermitinae Engel, 2021) in Jiang, Zhang, Eldredge, Song, Li, Tihelka, Huang, Wang, Engel & Cai, 2021: 379.
Nomenclature references (2)
- Engel, M.S. (2008) Two New Termites in Baltic Amber (Isoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81, 194–203.
- 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
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The new genus-group name is a combination of idanos (Gr., meaning "comely") and termes (meaning "termite").