Ceylonitermes

Genus of termites

Ceylonitermes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Genus: Ceylonitermes
Holmgren, 1912
Type species
Eutermes escherichi
Holmgren, 1911

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
  • Ceylonitermes indicola Thakur, 1976 – India (Kerala), Indonesia (Sumatra)

References

  1. ^ 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. hdl:2246/6430.
  2. ^ "Ceylonitermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Ceylonitermes


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