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Pyrsonymphites cordylinis
Pyrsonymphites cordylinis Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 10. 18 Feb 2009
- Name
- Pyrsonymphites cordylinis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pyrsonymphites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poinar G. O.
- Publication
- Description of an early Cretaceous termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and its associated intestinal protozoa, with comments on their co-evolution [2009/2]
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 10
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- bodies
- Stratigraphy
- Cenomanian
- Strat. comment
- 98.79 Ma ± 0.62 (ca. 99) Ma [in amber]
- Location
- Amber mine, Hukawng Valley, southwest of Maingkhwan, Kachin state (26°20'N, 96°36'E), Myanmar (Burma)
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
- Repository Number
- Specimen B-I-2;Poinar amber collection
- Diagnosis
- Length, 152 μm; width, 48 μm; length longest flagellum, 98 μm; length cephalic tube, 24 μm; tubular area (holdfast?) inserted in host's intestinal intima.
