Two new termites in Baltic amber (Isoptera)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-203

  Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Dictyoptera; Eocene; Isoptera; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY; TERMITE; TERTIARY;

BALTIC REGION;

DICTYOPTERA; HETEROTERMES; HETEROTERMITINAE; ISOPTERA; MASTOTERMITIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 58249118515     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES-0802.01.1     Document Type: Article

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