Cryptotermes yamini KRISHNA & BACCHUS

Engel, Michael S. & Krishna, K., 2007, Drywood termites in Dominican amber (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 57 (2), pp. 263-275 : 273

Cryptotermes yamini KRISHNA & BACCHUS ( Figs 7-8 )

Cryptotermes yamini KRISHNA & BACCHUS, 1987: 2 .

Diagnosis:

Refer to diagnosis provided for C .. glaesariusglaesarius (vide supra) and KRISHNAKRISHNA & BACCHUS (1987).

Holotype:

Imago ( Fig. 7 ), Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber, Dominican Republic (specific mine unknown). Deposited in the Amber Fossil Collection, Division of Invertebrate Zoology , American Museum of Natural History, New York.

New material:

Four imagoes, DR-10-1616, DR-8-339 ( Fig. 8 ), DR-10-1672, DR-10-1517, and four additional imagoes without accession numbers, Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber, Dominican Republic (specific mine unknown). Deposited in the Amber Fossil Collection, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Figures

Figs 6-7: Photomicrographs of holotype imagoes for Dominican amber Cryptotermes. – 6 Detail of forewing venation of Cryptotermes glaesariusglaesarius sp. n. (AMNH, no acc. no.). – 7 C .. yamini KRISHNAKRISHNA & BACCHUS.

Fig. 8: Photomicrograph of new specimen of Cryptotermes yamini KRISHNAKRISHNA & BACCHUS (DR-8-339).