The first mastotermitid termite from Africa (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae): a new species of Mastotermes from the early Miocene of Ethiopia

Michael S. Engel; Ellen D. Currano; Bonnie F. Jacobs

doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.73

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1 November 2015 The first mastotermitid termite from Africa (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae): a new species of Mastotermes from the early Miocene of Ethiopia

Michael S. Engel, Ellen D. Currano, Bonnie F. Jacobs

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Michael S. Engel,^1,2 Ellen D. Currano,^3,4 Bonnie F. Jacobs⁵

¹Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive — Suite 140, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
²Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA ⟨ ; ⟩ msengel@ku.edu mengel@amnh.org
³Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 250 S. Patterson Avenue, 102 Shideler Hall, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA
⁴Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Aven Nelson Room 114, Laramie, Wyoming 82071 ⟨ ⟩ ecurrano@uwyo.edu
⁵Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, Texas 75275-0395, USA ⟨ ⟩ bjacobs@smu.edu

J. of Paleontology, 89(6):1038-1042 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.73

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The 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 aethiopicus new 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 aethiopicus is distinguished from the living M. darwiniensis Froggatt and other Neogene species of the genus, and comments are provided regarding the occurrence of this genus in the tropical fauna of Miocene Ethiopia.

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Michael S. Engel, Ellen D. Currano, and Bonnie F. Jacobs "The first mastotermitid termite from Africa (Isoptera: Mastotermitidae): a new species of Mastotermes from the early Miocene of Ethiopia," Journal of Paleontology 89(6), 1038-1042, (1 November 2015). https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.73

Accepted: 1 February 2015; Published: 1 November 2015

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