mastotermes
Noun
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Primitive genus of termites;
Mostly extinct;
Sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera (synset 102227118)is a type of: arthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsmember holonym:- mastotermes darwiniensis - Australian termite; sole living species of Mastotermes; called a living fossil; apparent missing link between cockroaches and termites
- mastotermes electromexicus - an extinct termite found in amber in southern Mexico
- mastotermes electrodominicus - extinct termite found in amber in the Dominican Republic
belongs to: family mastotermitidae, mastotermitidae - primitive termitessame as: genus mastotermes
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