Sociala
Extinct genus of termite
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Sociala is an extinct genus of stem-termite which lived from the mid-late Jurassic (Callovian to Kimmeridgian)[1] to the early Cretaceous (Albian).[2] This genus was named by Peter Vršanský in 2010, with the type species being Sociala perlucida from the Albian of France.[2] In 2024, an earlier species, Sociala borat, was named from the Karabastau Formation in Kazakhstan, which would make this species the earliest known termite.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Socialidae |
| Genus: | Sociala Vršanský, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Sociala perlucida Vršanský, 2010 | |
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Phylogeny
Cladogram after Vršanský (2010).[2]
| Dictyoptera |
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