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Bifiditermes improbus (Hagen, 1858)

Nomenclature (8)

  • Calotermes [sic] improbus Hagen, 1858c: 44-45, 241.

    Holotype; imago/alate; 6413e1b8-0c18-4f2c-904d-e4761e7b1d04; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (ZMB);

  • Calotermes [sic] (Calotermes [sic]) condonensis Hill, 1922

    Lectotype; soldier; d135d26b-e946-41ba-b5b8-ec122094f290; deposited at: Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (NMV);

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  • Calotermes [sic] (Calotermes [sic]) condonensis Hill, 1922 (subjective synonym of Calotermes [sic] improbus Hagen, 1858) in Watson, Gay & Barrett, 1984: 196.
  • Bifiditermes improbus (Hagen, 1858) in Watson, Gay & Barrett, 1984: 193-197.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Hagen, H.A. (1858c) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica, 12, i-iii + 4–342 + 459 + 3 pls.
  • Hill, G.F. (1925b) Termites from the Australian region, descriptions of new species and hitherto undescribed castes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series., 37(2), 206–229 + 4 pls.
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  • Hill, G.F. (1926c) Australian termites (Isoptera). Notes on Stolotermes, Calotermes, and Coptotermes, with description of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series., 38, 192–214.
  • Hill, G.F. (1938) Reports of the McCoy Society: the Sir Joseph Banks Islands. 9. Isoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series. 50, 353–355.
  • Hill, G.F. (1942) Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian region. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne. 479 pp. + 24 pls.
  • Watson, J.A.L., Gay, F.J. & Barrett, R.A. (1984) The identity of Kalotermes improbus Hagen (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23, 193–197.
  • Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. (1998) Isoptera. In: W. W. K. Houston and A. Wells (Eds), Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23: Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 163–250. [Xiii + 464 pp.]

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