Mastotermitidae
# Mastotermitidae

Mastotermitidae is a family of termites with one sole living species, Mastotermes darwiniensis which is found only in northern Australia. The remaining genera of this family are only known from the fossil record.

## Genera

Numerous fossil taxa have been described in the Mastotermitidae, as well as in the genus Mastotermes. The family seems to have had a worldwide distribution until just a few million years ago, when all but the ancestors of the giant northern termite became extinct for unknown reasons.

Genera included in the Mastotermitidae are:

* †Anisotermes Zhao et al Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Blattotermes Riek (Eocene-Oligocene of France, USA, and Australia)
* †Garmitermes Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna Baltic amber, Eocene
* †Idanotermes Engel Baltic amber, Eocene
* †Khanitermes Engel, Grimaldi, & Krishna Shar-Tolgoy Formation, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian
* Mastotermes Froggatt (Cretaceous-Recent of Europe, Central America and Australia)
* †Miotermes Rosen (Miocene of Croatia, Germany, and France)
* †Spargotermes Emerson (Miocene-Pliocene of Brazil)
* †Valditermes Jarzembowski Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian
