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Termitaradus Trinidadensis
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Mitnicki
''Termitaradus mitnicki'' is an extinct species of true bug in the family Termitaphididae known only from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. The species is known from the holotype, number "KU-DR-023", a single female specimen currently deposited in the University of Kansas Natural History Museum collections in Lawrence, Kansas, where it was studied and described by Michael S. Engel. Engel published his 2009 type description for ''T. mitnicki'' in journal ''ZooKeys'' volume number 25. The species name ''mitnicki'' honors Tyler Mitnick, nephew of the specimen donor. ''T. mitnicki'' is the third species of ''Termitaradus'' to be identified from the fossil record and the one of three species identified from Dominican amber, the other two being '' T. avitinquilinus'', described earlier in 2009 and '' T. dominicanus'' described in 2011. The eight living species are found worldwide in the tropical regions of Central and South Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" because it has 18% fewer modern marine invertebrates than the Pliocene has. The Miocene is preceded by the Oligocene and is followed by the Pliocene. As Earth went from the Oligocene through the Miocene and into the Pliocene, the climate slowly cooled towards a series of ice ages. The Miocene boundaries are not marked by a single distinct global event but consist rather of regionally defined boundaries between the warmer Oligocene and the cooler Pliocene Epoch. During the Early Miocene, the Arabian Peninsula collided with Eurasia, severing the connection between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, and allowing a faunal interchange to occur between Eurasia and Africa, including the dispersal of proboscideans into Eurasia. During the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Subafra
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Amber
Mexican amber, also known as Chiapas Amber is amber found in Mexico, created during the Early Miocene and middle Miocene epochs of the Cenozoic Era in southwestern North America. As with other ambers, a wide variety of taxa have been found as inclusions including insects and other arthropods, as well as plant fragments and epiphyllous fungi. Context Mexican amber is mainly recovered from fossil bearing rocks in the Simojovel region of Chiapas, Mexico. It is one of the main minerals recovered in the state of Chiapas, much of which is from 15 to 23 million years old, with quality comparable to that found in the Dominican Republic. Chiapan amber has a number of unique qualities, including much that is clear all the way through and some with fossilized insects and plants. Most Chiapan amber is worked into jewelry including pendants, rings and necklaces. Colors vary from white to yellow/orange to a deep red, but there are also green and pink tones as well. Since pre-Hispanic time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Protera
''Termitaradus protera'' is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from several Late Oligocene to Early Miocene fossils found in Mexico. ''T. protera'' is the only species in the extant genus ''Termitaradus'' to have been described from fossils found in Mexican amber and is one of four species from new world amber; the others are ''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'', '' Termitaradus dominicanus'' and ''Termitaradus mitnicki''. ''T. protera'' was also the first termite bug described from the fossil record. History and classification ''Termitaradus protera'' is known from a series of fossil insects which are inclusions in transparent chunks of Mexican amber. An amber specimen, in the collection of W. Weitschat of Hamburg, Germany, has a total of five ''T. protera'' individuals preserved together with portions of seven worker caste termites. The amber was produced by the extinct leguminous tree ''Hymenaea mexicana'', and has dimensions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Panamensis
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Mexicana
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Jamaicensis
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Guianae
''Termitaradus '' is a small tropicopolitan genus of true bugs placed in the family Termitaphididae. As is typical for the family, living members of ''Termitaradus '' are small, being an average of to , and flattened with laminae extending out from each body segment giving a round scale like appearance. The same is true for the extinct species with the exception of ''T. protera'' which reaches in length. All members of Termitaphididae are inquilines lodging in the nests of host species of termites, with ''Termitaradus '' species known only from the family Rhinotermitidae. Though considered a separate family in Aradoidea it has been suggested by Drs David Grimaldi and Michael Engel in 2008 that Termataphididae may in fact be highly derived members of Aradidae. The second genus placed in Termitaphididae, '' Termitaphis'', contains the monotypic species '' Termitaphis circumvallata'' which inhabits nests of Termitidae (termites) in Colombia. Species The eight living species ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Dominicanus
''Termitaradus dominicanus'' is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from a Miocene fossil found on Hispaniola. ''T. dominicanus'' is the third species in the genus ''Termitaradus'' to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber after ''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'' and ''Termitaradus mitnicki''. History and classification ''Termitaradus dominicanus'' is known from a single fossil insect which is an inclusion in a transparent chunk of Dominican amber in size. The amber specimen, HE-4-52, is currently housed in the fossil collection of the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California. The holotype fossil is composed of a complete adult individual that was collected from an unidentified amber mine between Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros. Dominican amber is recovered from fossil-bearing rocks in the Cordillera Septentrional mountains of the northern Dominican Republic. The amber dates from at least the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Amber
Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree ''Hymenaea protera''. Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil inclusions. This has enabled the detailed reconstruction of the ecosystem of a long-vanished tropical forest.George Poinar, Jr. and Roberta Poinar, 1999. ''The Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World'', (Princeton University Press) Age A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. However, according to Poinar, Dominican amber dates from Oligocene to Miocene, thus about 25 million years old. The oldest, and hardest of this amber comes from the mountain region north of Santiago. The ''La Cumbre'', ''La Toca'', ''Palo Quemado'', ''La Bucara'', and ''Los Cacaos'' mining sites in the ''Cordillera Septentrional'' not far from Santiago. Amber has also been found in the south-eastern Bayaguana/Sabana de la Mar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Termitaradus Avitinquilinus
''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'' is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from several possibly Miocene fossils found in the Dominican Republic. ''T. avitinquilinus'' is the first species in the genus ''Termitaradus'' to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of four species from New World amber, the others being '' Termitaradus protera'', '' Termitaradus dominicanus'' and ''Termitaradus mitnicki''. History and classification ''Termitaradus avitinquilinus'' is known from a group of three fossil insects which are inclusions in transparent chunks of Dominican amber. The amber was produced by the extinct ''Hymenaea protera'', which formerly grew on Hispaniola, across northern South America and up to southern Mexico. The holotype amber specimen, DR-14-425, is currently housed in the amber fossil collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, while the two paratype specimens are in the private Morone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
