Cryptotermes

Genus of termites

Cryptotermes
Cryptotermes brevis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Cryptotermes
Banks, 1906
Species
  • About 70, see text

Cryptotermes is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae. It is one of the economically most significant genera of drywood termites.[1]

Species

There are about 70 species.[1] Species include:

  • Cryptotermes abruptus Scheffrahn and Krecek, 1998
  • Cryptotermes bengalensis (Snyder, 1934)
  • Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)
  • Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks, 1906
  • Cryptotermes ceylonicus Ranaweera, 1962
  • Cryptotermes colombianus Casalla et al., 2016
  • Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, 1921
  • Cryptotermes domesticus Haviland, 1898
  • Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918
  • Cryptotermes fatulus (Light, 1935)
  • Cryptotermes havilandi (Sjostedt, 1900)
  • Cryptotermes longicollis Banks, 1918
  • Cryptotermes perforans Kemner, 1932

References

  1. ^ a b Casalla, Robin; Scheffrahn, Rudolf & Korb, Judith (2016). "Cryptotermes colombianus a new drywood termite and distribution record of Cryptotermes in Colombia". ZooKeys (596): 39–52. doi:10.3897/zookeys.596.9080. PMC 4926653. PMID 27408575.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptotermes
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