Biology:Ceylonitermes

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

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6430. 
  2. "Ceylonitermes". Termites of the World. http://termites.myspecies.info/simpletaxonomy/term/523. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16546248 entry