Termitaradus dominicanus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Termitaphididae |
Genus: | Termitaradus |
Species: | †T. dominicanus
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Binomial name | |
†Termitaradus dominicanus Poinar, 2011
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Termitaradus dominicanus is an extinct species of termite bug in the family Termitaphididae known from a Miocene[1] 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.[2][3]