Author:
Engel Michael S.,Currano Ellen D.,Jacobs Bonnie F.
Abstract
AbstractThe first mastotermitid termite from Africa is described and figured from wing fragments recovered from the early Miocene (22–21 Ma) deposits of the Mush Valley, Amhara Region, central Ethiopia.Mastotermes aethiopicusnew species is the second fossil termite recorded from Africa and expands the known paleo-distribution of the genus from tropical North America and Europe into northeastern Africa during the Miocene.Mastotermes aethiopicusis distinguished from the livingM.darwiniensisFroggatt and other Neogene species of the genus, and comments are provided regarding the occurrence of this genus in the tropical fauna of Miocene Ethiopia.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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