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Nasutitermes arborum (Smeathman, 1781)

Nomenclature (6)

  • Termes arborum Smeathman, 1781: 141, 161, 176.

    Neotype; soldier; e83b791a-1ba9-4b3c-9e69-eef07978f570; deposited at: Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, UK (BMNH);

  • Eutermes maculiventris Sjöstedt, 1904: 104-105.

    Syntypes; worker/pseudoworker, soldier; ebd2dc92-acd7-4351-a31b-4c25c2d07ef9; deposited at: Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (ZMH);

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  • Eutermes infuscatus perfusca Silvestri, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes arborum Smeathman, 1781) in Sands, 1965c: 20.
  • Eutermes maculiventris Sjöstedt, 1904 (subjective synonym of Termes arborum Smeathman, 1781) in Sands, 1965c: 20.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Bonneville, P.-P. (1936) Recherches sur l’anatomie microscopique des termites. Arvenia Biologica (Faculté des Sciences, Université de Clermont-Ferrand), 15, 1–127 + 2 pls.
  • Sands, W.A. (1965c) A revision of the termite subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Ethiopian Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 4, 1–172.
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  • Silvestri, F. (1914a) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Termitidi e Termitofili dell’Africa occidentale. I. Termitidi. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scoula Superiore d’Agricoltura, Portici, 9, 1–146. [in Italian]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1904) Monographie der Termiten Afrikas. Nachtrag. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 38(4), 1–120 + 4 pls.
  • Smeathman, H. (1781) Some Account of the Termites, which are found in Africa and other hot Climates. In a Letter from Mr. Henry Smeathman, of Clement's Inn, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 71, 139–192.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1034
subspecies0000