A New Fossil Termite (Isoptera,Stolotermitidae,Stolotermes) from the Early Miocene of Otago,New Zealand

作     者：Uwe KAULFUSS Anthony C.HARRIS Daphne E.LEE 

作者机构：Department of GeologyUniversity of OtagoPO Box 56Dunedin 9054New Zealand Otago MuseumPO Box 6202Dunedin 9059New Zealand 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第84卷第4期

页      面：705-709页

核心收录：

学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：funded by the Division of Sciences University of Otago and the Marsden Fund administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand 

主　　题：Early Miocene fossil termite Isoptera Stolotermes new species Otago Fouiden Maar Gondwana 

摘      要：The forewing of a termite from Early Miocene lake sediments in Otago, southern New Zealand is figured and described. It exhibits the generic characters of the damp-wood termite Stolotermes Hagen, but differs from forewings of the known species in size and venation pattern and is described as Stolotermes kupe sp. nov. S. kupe represents the first confident record of fossil Stolotermitidae and extends the fossil record of the family back to the Early Miocene. It also is the first direct evidence of fossil Isoptera from New Zealand, though silicified termite faecal pellets, referable to Kalotermes brauni, have been previously described. S. kupe indicates that Stolotermitidae has been present in the Australasian region since at least the Early Miocene.