Isoptera Species File - Termes Linnaeus, 1758

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Termes Linnaeus, 1758: 609.
type species by subsequent designation Termes fatalis Linnaeus, 1758 in Banks, 1920: 8
Termes Linnaeus, 1758 in Packard, 1869: 587.
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Termes (Mirotermes) Wasmann, 1897 (subjective synonym of Termes Linnaeus, 1758) in Kemner, 1934b: 85.
Termes Linnaeus, 1758 in Fontaine, Hellemans, Horáček, Křivánek, Timmermans, Kaczmarek, Kaymak, Wang, Bourguignon, Hanus, Fournier & Roisin, 2025: 14. Description/Redescription

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.]
Fontaine, N., Hellemans, S., Horáček, N., Křivánek, J., Timmermans, J., Kaczmarek, N., Kaymak, E., Wang, M., Bourguignon, T., Hanus, R., Fournier, D. & Roisin, Y. (2025) Integrative taxonomy unravels the true identity of Linnaeus’ Termes fatalis (Isoptera: Termitidae), the source of termites’ name. Systematic Entomology, 51(e70016), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70016
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Packard, A.S., Jr. (1869) Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops; for the use of colleges, farm schools, and agriculturists. Naturalist's Book Agency, Salem, 531–536 pp. [vii + 702 pp. + 10 pls.]
Wasmann, E. (1897b) Termiten von Madagaskar und Ostafrika. (Voeltzkow, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ost-Afrika, 1889–1895). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21(1), 137–182. [in German]