Cryptotermes bengalensis

Cryptotermes bengalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Family:	Kalotermitidae
Genus:	Cryptotermes
Species:	C. bengalensis
Binomial name
	Cryptotermes bengalensis; (Snyder, 1934)
Synonyms
	Calotermes (Cryptotermes) brachygnathus Jepson, 1931, nomen nudum; Calotermes (Cryptotermes) ceylonicus Jepson, 1931, nomen nudum; Kalotermes (Cryptotermes) bengalensis Snyder, 1934; Cryptotermes angulatus Pinto, 1941, nomen nudum;

Cryptotermes bengalensis, is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes. It is native to India, Bangladesh, Thailand^[1] and introduced to Sri Lanka. It is found in dead and rotten wood of Ficus species. It is a pest of Diospyros insignis.^[2]

References[]

^ "Termites f:rom Thailand" (PDF). BulL Gov. For. Exp. Sta. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.