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Isoptera Species File
genus

Dentispicotermes Emerson, 1949

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (3)

  • Dentispicotermes Emerson, 1949j: 177, 374, 375.

    type species by original designation Capritermes globicephalus Silvestri, 1901

  • Spicotermes Emerson, 1950: 6-10.

    type species by original monotypy Spicotermes brevicarinatus Emerson, 1950

  • Spicotermes Emerson, 1950 (subjective synonym of Dentispicotermes Emerson, 1949) in Mathews, 1977: 128.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Emerson, A.E. (1949j) Descriptions of new genera. In T.E. Snyder (Ed.). Catalog of the termites of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 112, Issue 3953, pp. 374–377.
  • Emerson, A.E. (1950) Five new genera of termites from South America and Madagascar (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1444, 1–15.
  • Mathews, A.G.A. (1977) Studies on Termites from the Mato Grosso State, Brazil Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro. 267 pp.

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
genus1012
species6028