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Neotermes castaneus (Burmeister, 1839)

Nomenclature (12)

  • Termes castaneus Burmeister, 1839: 764. (valid)

    Syntypes; imago/alate; fd7c4ceb-065e-4705-a64e-aac799d020a8; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (ZMB);

  • Termes anticus Walker, 1853: 523.

    Holotype; imago/alate; 431b29f6-7e3f-45c5-9f6d-08bc3eb928fd; deposited at: Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, UK (BMNH);

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  • Neotermes angustoculus Snyder, 1924 (subjective synonym of Termes castaneus Burmeister, 1839) in Snyder, 1949a: 23.
  • Neotermes elevatus Banks, 1919 (subjective synonym of Termes castaneus Burmeister, 1839) in Snyder, 1949a: 23.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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]
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1839) 2Handbuch der Entomologie. Theod. Chr. Friedr. Enslin., Berlin. 757-1050
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  • Hagen, H.A. (1858c) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica, 12, i-iii + 4–342 + 459 + 3 pls.
  • Hagen, H.A. (1862) Synopsis of the Neuropotera of North America. Section I. Pseudoneuroptera. Fam. I. Termitina. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 4, 1–7.
  • Packard, A.S., Jr. (1869) Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops; for the use of colleges, farm schools, and agriculturists. Naturalist's Book Agency, Salem, 531–536 pp. [vii + 702 pp. + 10 pls.]
  • Snyder, T.E. (1924i) Descriptions of new species and hitherto unknown castes of termites from America and Hawaii. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 64(6), 1–40 + 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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