Mastotermitidae

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.

Genera

Numerous fossil taxa have been described in the Mastotermitidae, as well as in the genus Mastotermes. The family seems to have had a worldwide distribution until just a few million years ago, when all but the ancestors of the giant northern termite became extinct for unknown reasons.

Genera included in the Mastotermitidae are:

1. †Anisotermes <small>Zhao et al</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
2. †Blattotermes <small>Riek</small> (Eocene-Oligocene of France, USA, and Australia)
3. †Garmitermes <small>Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna</small> Baltic amber, Eocene
4. †Idanotermes <small>Engel</small> Baltic amber, Eocene
5. †Khanitermes <small>Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna</small> Shar-Tolgoy Formation, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
6. †Magnifitermes <small>Jouault, Engel, & Nel</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
7. Mastotermes <small>Froggatt</small> (Cretaceous-Recent of Europe, Central America and Australia)
8. †Miotermes <small>Rosen</small> (Miocene of Croatia, Germany, and France)
9. †Spargotermes <small>Emerson</small> (Miocene-Pliocene of Brazil)
10. †Valditermes <small>Jarzembowski</small> Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian

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