Ceylonitermes

Ceylonitermes
Scientific 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

Last updated May 29, 2025

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 2 3 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.
↑ "Ceylonitermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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[Krishna_et_al._2013-1] 1 2 3 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.

[Termites_of_the_World-2] "Ceylonitermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

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