Isoptera Species File

species

Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)

Nomenclature (10)

  • Termes brevis Walker, 1853: 524.

    Lectotype; imago/alate; 01dde8a9-01bc-49c1-9414-df90f28926b2; deposited at: Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, UK (BMNH);

  • Termes indecisus Walker, 1853: 524.

    Lectotype; imago/alate; 891b41f6-910f-4a73-9d2a-21f4daedf4e8; deposited at: Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, UK (BMNH);

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  • Cryptotermes piceatus Snyder, 1922 (subjective synonym of Termes brevis Walker, 1853) in Snyder, 1949a: 39.
  • Cryptotermes rospigliosi Snyder, 1922 (subjective synonym of Termes brevis Walker, 1853) in Araujo, 1977c: 12.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Araujo, R.L. (1977c) Catálogo dos Isoptera do novo mundo. Academia Brasileira de Ciências; pp. 92 pp.
  • Bacchus, S. (1987) A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin 7, 1–91.
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  • Banks, N. (1919) Antillean Isoptera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 62(10), 475–489 + 2 pls. [Publisher: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College]
  • Fuller, C. (1921) The termites of South Africa; being a preliminary notice. South African Journal of Natural History 3, 14–52.
  • Hagen, H.A. (1858c) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica, 12, i-iii + 4–342 + 459 + 3 pls.
  • Light, S.F. (1936) A tropical termite in California. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 12, 125–126.
  • Ruelle, J.E. (1975b) Type specimens of Isoptera in the National Collection of Insects, Pretoria. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agricultural and Technical Services (South Africa), 45, 1–22.
  • Snyder, T.E. (1922) New termites from Hawaii, Central and South America, and the Antilles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60, 1–32 + 5 pls.
  • Snyder, T.E. (1949a) Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 112(3953), 1–490.
  • 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.

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Etymology:

Latin: small, short.