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Isoptera Species File
genus

Amitermes Silvestri, 1901

Type

Amitermes amifer Silvestri, 1901 type species by subsequent designation of Amitermes Silvestri, 1901

Nomenclature (7)

  • Amitermes Silvestri, 1901: 4.

    type species by subsequent designation Amitermes amifer Silvestri, 1901 in Banks, 1920: 80

  • Hamitermes Silvestri, 1903: 117.

    type species by subsequent designation Amitermes amifer Silvestri, 1901 in Banks, 1920: 80

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  • Hamitermes Silvestri, 1903 (unnecessary replacement for Amitermes Silvestri, 1901) in Krishna, Grimaldi, Krishna & Engel, 2013: 2000. Classification
  • Amphidotermes

    type species by original designation Termes basidens Sjöstedt, 1899

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Banks, N. (1920) Part 1. Taxonomy. In N. Banks and T.E. Snyder, A revision of the Nearctic termites [Banks], with notes on the biology and distribution of termites [Snyder]. United States National Museum Bulletin, 108, 1–85. [i]–viii + 1–228 + 35 pls.]
  • Bouillon, A. & Mathot, G. (1971) Quel est ce termite africain? Zooleo (Kinshasa) 1, 1–48 + 1 table. [1965]
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  • Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: 6. TERMITIDAE (PART THREE), INCERTAE SEDIS, TAXA EXCLUDED FROM ISOPTERA. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 1993–2436.
  • Silvestri, F. (1901) Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 16, 1–8. [in Italian]
  • Silvestri, F. (1903) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei termite e termitofili dell’America meridionale. Redia 1, 1–234. [in Italian]
  • Silvestri, F. (1909b) Isoptera. In W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer (Eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Vol. 2, Part 17. Gustav Fischer. pp. 279–314.
  • Snyder, T.E. (1949a) Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 112(3953), 1–490.

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
genus1034
species113194208
subspecies0000