dc.contributor.author | Engel, Michael S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nel, André | |
dc.contributor.author | Azar, Dany | |
dc.contributor.author | Soriano, Carmen | |
dc.contributor.author | Tafforeau, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Néraudeau, Didier | |
dc.contributor.author | Colin, Jean-Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Perrichot, Vincent | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-18T15:36:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-18T15:36:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Engel, Michael S.; Nel, André; Azar, Dany; Soriano, Carmen; Tafforeau, Paul; Néraudeau, Didier; Colin, Jean-Paul; Perrichot, Vincent New, primitive termites (Isoptera) from Early Cretaceous ambers of France and Lebanon. Palaeodiversity 4:39-49. http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_Engeletal.pdf | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1867-6294 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13199 | |
dc.description | This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from palaeodiversity.org. | |
dc.description.abstract | Three new genera and species of primitive termites (Isoptera) are described and figured from Early Cretaceous French and Lebanese ambers: Santonitermes chloeae ENGEL, NEL & PERRICHOT, n. gen., n. sp., from an imago preserved in Charentese amber (Albian–Cenomanian); Syagriotermes salomeae ENGEL, NEL & PERRICHOT, n. gen., n.
sp., from an alate detected in opaque amber from the same locality and reconstructed using synchrotron microtomographic imaging; and Lebanotermes veltzae ENGEL, AZAR & NEL, n. gen., n. sp., from an alate preserved in Lebanese amber (Aptian). The three genera exhibit primitive features of the Meiatermes-grade of early isopteran genera
(sensu ENGEL et al. 2009). In addition, three further fragmentary specimens from Lebanon amber are reported, each
apparently distinct from Lebanotermes n. gen. and the previously described Melqartitermes ENGEL et al., 2007. The
new fossils further document the diversity and morphological disparity of ‘lower’ termite groups during the Early Cretaceous, highlighting the importance of palaeontological material for understanding isopteran phylogeny as well as the diversification of Isoptera in the latest Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. | |
dc.publisher | Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Stuttgart | |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_Engeletal.pdf | |
dc.subject | Isoptera | |
dc.subject | Meiatermes-grade | |
dc.subject | New genera | |
dc.subject | Early Cretaceous | |
dc.subject | Amber | |
dc.subject | France | |
dc.subject | Lebanon | |
dc.title | New, primitive termites (Isoptera) from Early Cretaceous ambers of France and Lebanon | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Engel, Michael S. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Perrichot, Vincent | |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-0430 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |