Meiatermes

Meiatermes
M. bertrani fossil alate in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Isoptera
Family: Hodotermitidae
Genus: Meiatermes
Lacasa-Ruiz & Martinez-Declos 1986
Species
  • M. araripena
  • M. bertrani

The Meiatermes is an extinct genus of termites that belonged to the Hodotermitidae. Their fossils have been obtained from early Cretaceous deposits in Brazil and Spain.[1]

References

  1. "Meiatermes". Tree of Life Web Project. 2006. Retrieved 5 February 2013.


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