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Nomenclature (4)

  • Termes ceylonicus Wasmann, 1902d: 112-113.

    Lectotype; soldier; 5a80d234-d560-4a37-81e9-658ddef114bb; deposited at: Natuurhistorisch Museum Museum of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands (NHMM);

  • Odontotermes ceylonicus (Wasmann, 1902) in Holmgren, 1912a: 36.
  • Odontotermes meturensis Roonwal & Chhotani, 1959a: 325-326.

    Lectotype; soldier; 64eef724-c764-45c3-9806-dad5b2283ddf; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (ZSI);

  • Odontotermes meturensis Roonwal & Chhotani, 1959 (subjective synonym of Termes ceylonicus Wasmann, 1902) in Bose, 1984: 176-179.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Bose, G. (1984) Termite fauna of southern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 49, 1–270.
  • Holmgren, N.F. (1912a) Termitenstudien. 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 48(4), 1–166.
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  • Roonwal, M.L. & Chhotani, O.B. (1959a) New termites (Odontotermes) from southern India. Science & Culture, 25(5), 325–326.
  • Roonwal, M.L. & Chhotani, O.B. (1959c) Systematics of Oriental termites. VI. Fuller description of two new species of Odontotermes from India. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Science, 29(4), 57–68.
  • Thakur, M.L. (1981c) Revision of the termite genus Odontotermes Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae: Macrotermitinae) from India. Indian Forest Records (n.s.), Entomology, 14(2), 1–183.
  • Wasmann, E. (1902d) Termiten, Termitophilen und Myrmekophilen gesammelt auf Ceylon von Dr. W. Horn 1899, mit anderm ostindischen Material bearbeitet. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 17(1), 99–164. [in German]

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Etymology:

From Ceylon.