Ceylonitermes
Ceylonitermes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Termitidae |
Subfamily: | Nasutitermitinae |
Genus: | Ceylonitermes Holmgren, 1912 |
Type species | |
Eutermes escherichi Holmgren, 1911
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Ceylonitermes is a genus of termites in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae.[1][2] They are found in South and Southeast Asia.[1]
Species[]
There are two species:[1]
- Ceylonitermes escherichi (Holmgren, 1911) – Sri Lanka
- Thakur, 1976 – India (Kerala), Indonesia (Sumatra)
References[]
- ^ a b c Krishna, Kumar; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Valerie & Engel, Michael S. (2013). "Treatise on the Isoptera of the World. Volume 5. Termitidae (part two)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 377 (5): 1495–1989. doi:10.1206/377.5.
- ^ "Ceylonitermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
Categories:
- Termites
- Termite genera
- Insects of Asia
- Insect stubs