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A giant termite of the genus Gyatermes from the late Miocene of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Isoptera)
Engel, Michael S. ; Tanaka, Toshiaki
Engel, Michael S.
Tanaka, Toshiaki
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Abstract
A new species of the termite genus Gyatermes Engel & Gross (Archotermopsidae) is described and figured from a beautifully preserved forewing in late Neogene sediments of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The approximately 27-mm long forewing of Gyatermes naganoensis Engel & Tanaka, new species, is preserved in Late Miocene (late Messinian) mudstone of the Ogawa Formation (ca. 6 Ma), and is distinguished from its slightly older and larger congener G. styriensis Engel & Gross, from the early Tortonian of Styria, Austria. Comments are provided regarding the paleoclimatic implications of a giant termite in the Miocene fauna of Nagano.
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2015
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University of Kansas
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Taxonomy, Isoptera, Euisoptera, Archotermopsidae, Fossil, Termites, Gyatermes, Biogeography, Paleontology, Miocene
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Engel, Michael S., and Toshiaki Tanaka. "A Giant Termite of the Genus Gyatermes from the Late Miocene of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Isoptera)." Novit. Paleoentomol. Novitates Paleoentomologicae 10 (2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/np.v0i10.4900