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Subulitermes

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4803083	https://www.gbif.org/species/4803083
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	224254	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=224254

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Termitidae : Subulitermes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Dictyoptera	Latreille 1829
order	Blattodea	(Latreille 1810)
-	Solumblattodea	Evangelista and Wipfler 2019
superfamily	Blattoidea	Latreille 1810
-	Kittrickea	Wipfler and Evangelista 2019
-	Tutricablattae	Wipfler and Evangelista 2019
-	Isoptera
-	Euisoptera	Engel et al. 2009
-	Icoisoptera	Engel et al. 2013
-	Neoisoptera	Engel et al. 2009
family	Termitidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Nasutitermitinae	Hare 1937
genus	Subulitermes	Holmgren 1910

Scientific Name

Subulitermes Holmgren, 1910

Name Published In

Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, 27, (2. Beih. Jahrb.) 204

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Subulitermes	genus	belongs to Nasutitermitinae	stated with evidence	Krishna and Grimaldi, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

K. Krishna and D. Grimaldi. 2009. Diverse Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae (Isoptera) in Dominican Amber. American Museum Novitates 3640:1-48

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Subulitermes angusticeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes baileyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes constricticeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes denisae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes hispaniola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Subulitermes insularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Subulitermes leucops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes microsoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes raripilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes snyderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes thompsonae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulitermes zeteki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sublitermes Oshima, 1914	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Termitidae : *Sublitermes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1910	Subulitermes Holmgren
2009	Subulitermes Krishna and Grimaldi
2013	Subulitermes Krishna et al. p. 1830

References

Krishna K., Grimaldi D. (2009) Diverse Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae (Isoptera) in Dominican Amber, American Museum Novitates 3640, 1-48

Krishna K., Grimaldi D. A., et al (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the world, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 1-2704

Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, 27, (2. Beih. Jahrb.) 204 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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