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Isoptera Species File
genus

Nitiditermes Emerson, 1960

Type

Nitiditermes berghei Emerson, 1960 type species by original designation of Nitiditermes Emerson, 1960

Nomenclature (1)

  • Nitiditermes Emerson, 1960c: 3-10.

    type species by original designation Nitiditermes berghei Emerson, 1960

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Emerson, A.E. (1960c) Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates, 1988, 1–49.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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
genus1001
species1502944
subspecies0000
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin nitidus, shiny; and termes, termite. Clearly refers to the shiny appearance of the imago’s tegument and soldier’s mandibles pointed out by Emerson in the specific case of the type species N. berghei.