Isoptera Species File

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Odontotermes obesus (Rambur, 1842)

Nomenclature (16)

  • Termes fatalis König, 1779: 1.

    Syntypes; imago/alate, worker/pseudoworker; 49f6581a-042a-413a-92ee-9e6ed6c7ec80; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);

  • Termes obesus Rambur, 1842: 304.

    Syntypes; imago/alate; 415df971-911c-4837-9a40-028b1ce86434; deposited at: Hope Department Entomology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK (OUM);

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  • Odontotermes (Cyclotermes) flavomaculatus Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917 (subjective synonym of Termes obesus Rambur, 1842) in Thakur, 1981c: 100-101.
  • Termes fatalis König, 1779 (primary homonym of Termes fatalis Linnaeus, 1758) in Krishna, Grimaldi, Krishna & Engel, 2013: 1235.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Desneux, J. (1906a) Variétés termitologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 49(12), 336–360.
  • Holmgren, K. & Holmgren, N.F. (1917) Report on a collection of termites from India. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 5(3), 135–171.
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  • Holmgren, N.F. (1912a) Termitenstudien. 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 48(4), 1–166.
  • Holmgren, N.F. (1913c) Termitenstudien. 4. Versuch einer systematischen Monographie der Termiten der orientalischen Region. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 50(2), 1–276. [in German]
  • Krishna, K. (1965a) Termites (Isoptera) of Burma. American Museum Novitates, 2210, 1–34.
  • Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: 4. TERMITIDAE (PART ONE). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 977–1498.
  • König, J.G. (1779) Naturgeschichte der sogenannten weissen Ameise. Beschäftigungen der Berlinischen Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 4, 1–28 + 1 pl.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, iv + 823 + [1, Emendanda, Addenda]. [in Latin] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
  • Rambur, J.P. (1842) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Néuroptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. xvii + 534 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Silvestri, F. (1923b) The fauna of an island in the Chilka Lake III. The termites of Barkuda Island. Records of the Indian Museum, 25(2), 221–232.
  • Snyder, T.E. (1934a) New termites from India. Indian Forest Records, Entomology, 20(11), 1–28.
  • 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.

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Etymology:

Latin: fat, stout, plump.