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Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Walker, F.A. (1853) List of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III (Termitidae–Ephemeridae). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 585 pp.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Blattodea
family
Kalotermitidae
genus
Cryptotermes
species
Cryptotermes brevis

Name

Synonyms
Cryptotermes piceatus Snyder, 1922
Cryptotermes pseudobrevis Fuller, 1921
Cryptotermes rospigliosi Snyder, 1922
Kalotermes piceatus (Snyder, 1922)
Termes brevis Walker, 1853
Termes indecisus Walker, 1853
Homonyms
Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)
Common names
Drywood termite in English
Drywood termite in English
Furniture Termite in English
House Termite in English
Powderpost termite in English
Termita de los muebles in Spanish
West Indian Dry-wood Termite in English
West Indian Drywood Termite in English
הטרמיט הקריבי in Hebrew
ニシインドカンザイシロアリ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cancello, E., and T. Myles, 2000: Isoptera. Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, vol. 2. 295-315.
  2. Walker, F., 1853: null. List of specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III (Termitidae - Ephemeridae). 501-529.
  3. Zimmerman (1948a), https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/2641
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