title: Mastotermitidae
text: # 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
  