Mastotermitidae

Mastotermitidae
Temporal range: HauterivianHolocene,
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Mastotermitidae
Desneux 1904
Genera

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Mastotermitidae is a family of termites with one sole living species, Mastotermes darwiniensis which is found only in northern Australia. The remaining genera of this family are only known from the fossil record.

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