A new fossil species of termite from Mexican amber, Mastotermes electromexicus (Isoptera, Mastotermitidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2767

Abstract

"A new fossil species of termite, Mastotermes electromexicus, is described from Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene amber of Chiapas, Mexico. This is the first amber fossil of the family Mastotermitidae, the first fossil soldier of any termite species, and the first species of Mastotermes from the New World to be reported"--P. [1].