Cryptotermes bengalensis

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Cryptotermes bengalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Cryptotermes
Species:
C. bengalensis
Binomial name
Cryptotermes bengalensis
(Snyder, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) brachygnathusJepson, 1931, nomen nudum
  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) ceylonicusJepson, 1931, nomen nudum
  • Kalotermes (Cryptotermes) bengalensisSnyder, 1934
  • Cryptotermes angulatusPinto, 1941, nomen nudum

Cryptotermes bengalensis, is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes . It is native to India, Bangladesh, Thailand [1] and introduced to Sri Lanka. It is found in dead and rotten wood of Ficus species. It is a pest of Diospyros insignis . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Termites f:rom Thailand" (PDF). BulL Gov. For. Exp. Sta. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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