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Short description: Genus of termites

Cryptotermes
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Cryptotermes brevis
Scientific classification
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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:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. PMID 27408575. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4036734 entry