Coptotermes travians (Haviland, 1898)

Krishna, Kumar, Grimaldi, David A., Krishna, Valerie & Engel, Michael S., 2013, Treatise on the Isoptera of the World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2704 (377), pp. 623-973 : 738-745

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travians View in CoL .

— Maiti, 2006: 39–40, fig. 12 • Coptotermes bornensis ; key; synonymy; soldier described and figured; distribution. Indonesia: Kalimantan; Malaysia: Sabah.

 DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region— Indonesia: Kalimantan, Sumatra; Malaysia: Mainland, Sabah, Sarawak; Singapore.

Coptotermes truncatus (Wasmann, 1897)

Termes (Coptotermes) truncatus Wasmann, 1897b: 164–165 (soldier), pl. 11: figs. 12, 12a.

TYPE DATA: Lectotype: NHMM soldier. Paralectotypes: AMNH soldier, NHMM soldiers.

LECTOTYPE DESIGNATION: Van Boven , 1969a: 40.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar: Nossi Bé.

— Sjöstedt, 1900a: 71, 168 • Eutermes truncatus ; soldier characters; key; distribution; new combination. Madagascar.

— Sjöstedt, 1904: 36, 78, 112, 115, 119 • Eutermes truncatus ; key; distribution.

— Desneux, 1904b: 35 • Termes (Coptotermes) truncatus ; reference list. Madagascar.

— Holmgren, 1909b: 91, fig. 52 • Coptotermes truncatus ; anatomy; gut figured.

— Holmgren, 1909a: 2–6, pl. 1: figs. 1, 2, 4 • Coptotermes truncatus ; soldier, worker, nest described; nest figured; new combination. Madagascar.

— Wasmann, 1910a: 123 • Coptotermes truncatus ; listed. Madagascar.

— Bugnion and Popoff, 1910a: 121 • Coptotermes truncatus ; listed.

— Holmgren, 1910a: 144 • Coptotermes truncatus ; synonymy; remarks; locality. Seychelles.

— Holmgren, 1911a: 73 • Coptotermes truncatus ; listed. Madagascar; Seychelles.

— Silvestri, 1912a: 219, fig. 3 • Coptotermes truncatus ; listed.

— Hegh, 1922: 365, 684, fig. 253 • Coptotermes truncatus ; biology; reference list; distribution.

— Sjöstedt, 1926d: 56, 58 • Coptotermes truncatus ; reference list; biology; key; locality. Madagascar; Seychelles.

— Light, 1927a: 78, 81, 85, 86 • Coptotermes truncatus ; measurements.

— Vesey-Fitzgerald, 1941: 154 • Coptotermes truncatus ; damage; distribution. Seychelles.

— Snyder, 1949a: 84 • Coptotermes truncatus ; catalog; reference list. Madagascar; Seychelles.

— Cachan, 1949: 188, 222–223, fig. 17 • Coptotermes truncatus ; synonymy; soldier described and figured. Madagascar; Seychelles.

— Cachan, 1950b: 6, 11, figs. 11, 12 • Coptotermes truncatus ; soldier described and figured; distribution. Madagascar.

— Cachan, 1950a: 111, 113, 115, 117, figs. 4, 5, 13 • Coptotermes truncatus ; soldier figured; distribution. Madagascar.

— Cachan, 1951: 7 • Coptotermes truncatus ; localities. Madagascar.

— Roonwal and Chhotani, 1960c: 127 • Coptotermes truncatus ; tibial spur formula.

— Harris, 1961a: 64, 95, 106, 156, 163 • Coptotermes truncatus ; damage; distribution.

— Mathur and Thapa, 1962a: 24 • Coptotermes truncatus ; collection catalog. Madagascar.

— Harris, 1966d: 166 • Coptotermes truncatus ; listed.

— Van Boven, 1969a: 40 • Coptotermes truncatus ; types listed.

— Paulian, 1970: 284 • Coptotermes truncatus ; distribution. Madagascar; Seychelles.

— Williams, 1977: 122 • Coptotermes truncatus ; pest; ecology; distribution by vegetation zones.

— Eggleton and Davies, 2003: 657, table 8.26 • Coptotermes truncatus ; checklist; distribution. Madagascar and associated coastal Islands.

— Maiti, 2006: 86, fig. 50 • Coptotermes truncatus ; key; synonymy; soldier described and figured; distribution. Madagascar; Sceychelles [sic].

 DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopian Region— Madagascar; Seychelles.

Coptotermes varicapitatus Tsai and Li, 1985

Coptotermes varicapitatus Tsai et al., 1985: 108–109 View in CoL , 115 (soldier), fig. 6.

TYPE DATA: Holotype: NAP soldier [no mention in the English summary of where the holotype

is deposited; most likely it is in NAP, where the senior author has deposited his other types].

Paratypes: NAP soldiers, worker [see comments under holotype].

TYPE LOCALITY: China: Guangdong Province: Hainan Island.

— Xia and He, 1986: 159 • Coptotermes (Polycrinitermes [unavailable]) varicapitatus ; key.

— Huang et al., 1989: 237–238, fig. 143 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; soldier described and figured; key. China: Hainan.

— Gao et al., 1992a: 43 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; checklist; distribution. China: Guangdong.

— Lin et al., 1994b: 2 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; checklist; distribution. China: Guangxi.

— Gu et al., 1995: 648 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; checklist. China: Hainan.

— Hua, 2000: 24 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; listed. China: Hainan.

— Huang et al., 2000: 338–339, fig. 153 • Coptotermes (Polycrinitermes [unavailable]) varicapitatus ; soldier described and figured; key. China.

— Ahmad and Akhtar, 2002: 15 • Coptotermes varicapitatus ; catalog. China.

 DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region— China: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan.

Coptotermes vastator Light, 1929

Coptotermes vastator Light, 1929c: 422–449 (imago, soldier, worker), figs. 1–4, pls. 1–6 [synonymized with gestroi by Yeap et al., 2007: 467, 469].

TYPE DATA: Syntypes: AMNH Light nos. 471 and 491 imagoes, soldiers, workers [numerous other syntypes from many other localities listed by Light, 1929: 433–438, but their whereabouts are unknown]; USNM imagoes, soldiers, workers, NCIP imago, soldier [incorrectly cited as paratypes by Ruelle, 1975b], MCZ No. 1047 imago, soldier, FRI imago, soldier, worker.

TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines: Luzon: Manila.

— Oshima, 1914c: 20–21, pl. 1: fig. 5 • Coptotermes travians [misidentification]; soldier described and figured. Indonesia; Malaysia.

— Oshima, 1917b: 12–13, pl. 1: fig. 2 • Coptotermes travians [misidentification]; soldier figured. Philippines.

— Oshima, 1917a: 223 • Coptotermes travians [misidentification]; soldier described. Philippines.

— Oshima, 1920b: 491–492 • Coptotermes travians [misidentification]; Coptotermes formosanus [misidentification]; soldier, worker described. Philippines.

— Light, 1921a: 250 • Coptotermes travians [misidentification]; distribution [some localities]; Coptotermes formosanus [misidentification]; distribution [some localities].

— Light, 1930f: 19 • Coptotermes vastator ; listed; reference list. Philippines.

— Jucci, 1937: 305 • Coptotermes vastator ; distribution.

— Light, 1937b: 22 • Coptotermes vastator ; remarks; may be travians .

— Snyder, 1949a: 84 • Coptotermes vastator ; catalog; reference list. Philippines.

— Ahmad, 1958: 62, 67 • Coptotermes vastator ; key.

— Roonwal and Chhotani, 1960c: 127 • Coptotermes vastator ; tibial spur formula.

— Harris, 1961a: 156, 159 • Coptotermes vastator ; damage; distribution.

— Snyder and Francia, 1962: 64, 65, 68, 73 • Coptotermes vastator ; key; distribution; biology. Philippines.

— Mathur and Thapa, 1962a: 24 • Coptotermes vastator ; collection catalog. Philippines.

— Yu and Ping, 1964a: 21 • Coptotermes vastator ; listed.

— Ahmad, 1965: 19 • Coptotermes vastator ; comparisons.

— Weesner, 1965: 64, 65, 66, fig. 20 • Coptotermes vastator ; characters; imago figured; introduced into Hawaii.

— Bess, 1966: 136 • Coptotermes vastator ; listed; measurements; established in Hawaii.

— Gay, 1967: 13, 34, 35, 81, fig. 22 • Coptotermes vastator ; imago, soldier described and figured; distribution; intercepted in USA: Hawaii.

— Bess, 1970: 467–468 • Coptotermes vastator ; characters; biology; damage; distribution. USA: Hawaii.

— Roonwal, 1970c: 339 • Coptotermes vastator ; biology; distribution.

— Nishimoto, 1973: 17 • Coptotermes vastator ; distribution and introductions.

— Morimoto, 1975c: 53, fig. 14 • Coptotermes vastator ; key; soldier figured; distribution.

— Ruelle, 1975b: 5 • Coptotermes vastator ; types listed.

— Roonwal et al., 1979b: 341, 344 • Coptotermes vastator ; wing microsculpturing.

— Sen-Sarma, 1982: 142–146 • Coptotermes vastator ; damage. Oriental Region.

— Chhotani, 1984: 118 • Coptotermes vastator ; listed; castes known; distribution. Philippines.

— Xia and He, 1986: 174 • Coptotermes (Oligocrinitermes [unavailable]) vastator ; comparisons.

— Tho, 1992: 205 • Coptotermes vastator ; listed.

— Su and Scheffrahn, 1998: 13–18 • Coptotermes vastator ; introduction. Guam.

— Haverty et al., 2000a: 1167–1191 • Coptotermes vastator ; chemotaxonomy; cuticular hydrocarbons. USA: Guam, Hawaiian Islands.

— Woodrow et al., 2001: 667–673 • Coptotermes vastator ; distribution. USA: Hawaii.

— Ahmad and Akhtar, 2002: 15 • Coptotermes vastator ; catalog. Philippines.

— Grace et al., 2003: 153–157 • Coptotermes vastator ; tunneling behavior.

— Shelton and Grace, 2003: 205–211 • Coptotermes vastator ; cuticle permeability; water balance.

— Uchima and Grace, 2003a: 281–288 • Coptotermes vastator ; foraging; biomass. USA: Hawaii.

— Uchima and Grace, 2003b: 289–294 • Coptotermes vastator ; feeding rate.

— Acda, 2004b: 159–168 • Coptotermes vastator ; damage; distribution. Philippines.

— Scheffrahn et al., 2004: 872–876 • Coptotermes vastator ; 16S rRNA sequences; phylogeny.

— Szalanski et al., 2004a: 145–151 • Coptotermes vastator ; vasator [sic] in table; 16S rRNA sequences.

— Maiti, 2006: 86–87, fig. 51 • Coptotermes vastator ; key; synonymy; imago, soldier described and figured; distribution. Philippines.

— Yeap et al., 2007: 467–474 • Coptotermes vastator ; ribosomal DNA, COII mt-DNA sequences; relationships; synonymized with gestroi .

— Zhang et al., 2010: 93–98 • Coptotermes vastator ; 16S rRNA; molecular phylogeny.

 DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region— Philippines: Cebu, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Samar. ◆ Papuan Region— Guam, Hawaii.

Coptotermes xiamensis Ahmad and Aktar, 2002 [nomen nudum]

Coptotermes xiamensis Ahmad and Akhtar, 2002: 15 [nomen nudum. There is no evidence in the literature that this species, ascribed to Li and Huang, was ever described by them or anyone else].

 DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region— China: Fujian.

HETEROTERMITINAE Froggatt, 1897

Heterotermitinae Froggatt, 1897a: 550 [Lo et al.; 2004, Inward et al., 2007b, consider Heterotermitinae (Heterotermes) + Coptotermitinae (Coptotermes) as a clade, excluding Reticulitermes ].

TYPE GENUS: Heterotermes Froggatt, 1897 .

— Kemner, 1934b: 67 • Heterotermitinae ; synonymy.

— Snyder, 1949a: 66 • Heterotermitinae ; catalog; reference list; synonymy.

— Grassé, 1949: 533 • Heterotermitinae ; characters; genera included.

— Emerson, 1955: 516 • Heterotermitinae ; number of genera; distribution.

— Tu, 1955a: 33, 34 • Heterotermitinae ; distribution.

— Weidner, 1955b: 66 • Heterotermitinae ; of Rhinotermitidae ; characters.

— Weidner, 1955f: 39, 40, 55, 69 • Heterotermitinae ; key; characters; genera included.

— Weidner, 1960a: 57 • Heterotermitinae ; distribution.

— Harris, 1961a: 51 • Heterotermitinae ; characters; genera included.

— Bouillon and Mathot, 1965: 20 • Heterotermitinae ; key; characters.

— Araujo, 1970d: 531, 533 • Heterotermitinae ; number of genera and species; ecology; distribution. Neotropical Region.

— Krishna, 1970: 131, 137, 138, figs. 1, 4 • Heterotermitinae ; discussion; phylogeny of subfamily and genera; distribution.

— Weidner, 1970c: 11, 12, 21 • Heterotermitinae ; key; discussion.

— Emerson, 1971: 272 • Heterotermitinae ; characters; phylogeny.

— Sen-Sarma, 1974: 452–453 • Heterotermitinae ; ecology and biogeography.

— Morimoto, 1975b: 13, 14 • Heterotermitinae ; key.

— Quennedey and Deligne, 1975: 248 • Heterotermitinae ; frontal gland; fontanelle.

— Sen-Sarma et al., 1975: 22 • Heterotermitinae ; ecology. India.

— Thakur, 1975a: 341–345 • Heterotermitinae ; of Rhinotermitidae ; zoogeography of Northwest Himalaya.

— Prestwich, 1979d: 131, fig. 4 • Heterotermitinae ; phylogeny.

— Prestwich, 1979b: 463 • Heterotermitinae ; chemical defense; frontal gland; biochemistry.

— Prestwich, 1983b: 290, 292, figs. 1, 2 • Heterotermitinae ; defensive secretions; biochemistry; phylogeny.

— Roonwal, 1983b: 367, 377, 379 • Heterotermitinae ; wing microsculpturing.

— Roonwal and Chhotani, 1989: 467–470 • Heterotermitinae ; synonymy; characters; distribution and composition; key to genera.

— Thakur, 1989b: 355 • Heterotermitinae ; number of genera and species. India.

— Chuah et al., 1990: fig. 2 • Heterotermitinae ; phylogeny based on defensive secretions.

— Watson and Gay, 1991: 344 • Heterotermitinae ; characters; genera included; biology.

— Noirot, 1995b: 197–226 • Heterotermitinae ; gut morphology.

— Poole and Gentili, 1997: 493 • Heterotermitinae ; listed.

— Bose, 1999: 24–25 • Heterotermitinae ; key.

— Kambhampati and Eggleton, 2000: 23 • Heterotermitinae ; key.

— König et al., 2002: 125–156 • Heterotermitinae ; hind gut fauna and flora; symbionts: protozoa and bacteria; physiology of digestion; review.

— Engel and Krishna, 2004a: 2, 5, table 1 • Heterotermitinae ; synonymy; classification; listed.

— Ohkuma et al., 2004: 701–710 • Heterotermitinae ; phylogeny; COII sequences; Asian taxa.

— Maiti, 2006: 14, 15 • Heterotermitinae ; key.

— Inward et al., 2007b: 959, table 3 • Heterotermitinae ; Coptotermitinae + Heterotermitinae as a clade.

— Costa-Leonardo et al., 2009: 1–6 • Heterotermitinae ; semiochemicals; trail, alarm and sex pheromones.

Leucotermitinae Holmgren, 1910b: 285.

TYPE GENUS: Leucotermes Silvestri, 1901 .

— Holmgren, 1911a: 10, 68–69, 70, 71 • Leucotermitinae; of Mesotermitidae ; characters; key; systematic position.

— Holmgren, 1911c: 206 • Leucotermitinae; key.

— Emerson, 1925: 340 • Leucotermitinae; discussion; genera included.

— Sjöstedt, 1926d: 8, 59 • Leucotermitinae; of Rhinotermitidae ); key; reference list.

— Kemner, 1934b: 67 • Leucotermitinae; synonymized with Heterotermitinae .

— Hare, 1937: 475, pl. 2 • Leucotermitinae (= Heterotermitinae ); of Mesotermitidae ; Holmgren’s phylogeny compared.

— Lal and Menon, 1953: 21, 22, 23, 29 • Leucotermitinae; key; catalog; reference list.

— Engel and Krishna, 2004a: 2, 5, table 1 • Leucotermitinae; classification; listed as synonym.

— Engel et al., 2009: 10 • Leucotermitinae; classification; listed as synonym.

▲ 2 genera: 168 living species, 11 fossil species.

   DISTRIBUTION: Australian Region; Ethiopian Region ; Nearctic Region ; Neotropical Region ;

Oriental Region; Palaearctic Region.

Heterotermes Froggatt, 1897

Heterotermes Froggatt, 1897a: 518 View in CoL , 550.

TYPE SPECIES: Heterotermes platycephalus Froggatt, 1897 by monotypy.

— Haviland, 1898: 378, 398 • Termes [section with T. tenuis for type]; characters; key.

— Desneux, 1904b: 29, 31, 32–33 • Heterotermes ; tentatively treated as synonymous with Leucotermes .

— Froggatt, 1905: 25 • Heterotermes ; characters.

— Holmgren, 1910b: 285 •? Heterotermes ; listed.

— Holmgren, 1911a: 11, 69–71 • Heterotermes ; tentatively treated as synonymous with

Leucotermes .

— Emerson, 1928b: 406 • Heterotermes ; distribution.

— Light, 1930f: 17, 18 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Light, 1933: 82, 107 • Heterotermes ; = Leucotermes ; key; remarks.

— Kemner, 1934b: 67–68 • Heterotermes ; synonymy; remarks.

— Snyder, 1934a: 24, 27 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Light, 1934j: 338 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Light and Pickens, 1934: 150–156, fig. 39 • Heterotermes ; distribution of American species.

— Hare, 1937: 474, pl. 1 • Heterotermes ; phylogeny.

— Hill, 1942: 14, 120–121 • Heterotermes ; key; synonymy; imago, soldier, worker diagnosed.

— Snyder, 1949a: 66 • Heterotermes ; catalog; reference list; synonymy.

— Cachan, 1949: 186 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Ratcliffe et al., 1952: 54, 95 • Heterotermes ; key; discussion; biology; species included.

— Lal and Menon, 1953: 29–30 • Heterotermes ; catalog; reference list; synonymy; key.

— Emerson, 1955: 509 • Heterotermes ; number of species; distribution.

— Weidner, 1955f: 55, 69 • Heterotermes ; key; number of species; distribution.

— Ahmad, 1958: 58, 59 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Calaby and Gay, 1959: 212 • Heterotermes ; zoogeography; number of species.

— Roonwal, and Bose, 1964: 8 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Tsai and Chen, 1964b: 57, 67 • Heterotermes ; key; characters.

— Bouillon and Mathot, 1965: 20, 74, 75, pl. 5: fig. 7b • Heterotermes ; species included; imago/

worker mandibles figured.

— Weesner, 1965: 36, 37 • Heterotermes ; key; characters; distribution.

— Krishna, 1966: 1094, 1096 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Chatterjee and Thakur, 1967: 4 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Harris, 1968c: 6 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Araujo, 1970d: 533, 544 • Heterotermes ; distribution; number of species in Neotropical Region.

— Weesner, 1970: 504 • Heterotermes ; biology.

— Emerson, 1971: 272–274 • Heterotermes ; taxonomy; characters; phylogeny; origin; ecology; distribution.

— Bouillon and Mathot, 1971: table • Heterotermes ; number of species in Ethiopian Region; soldier measurements.

— Chaudhry et al., 1972: 17 • Heterotermes ; characters.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1973: 233 • Heterotermes ; distribution. Indian region.

— Akhtar, 1974a: 90, 91, 96, 97, 100 • Heterotermes ; distribution; ecology. Pakistan.

— Roonwal et al., 1974: 63 • Heterotermes ; wing cuticular structures.

— Sen-Sarma, 1974: 440, 446, 452 • Heterotermes ; ecology and biogeography.

— Akhtar, 1975: 36 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Morimoto, 1975b: 15 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Morimoto, 1975c: 53 • Heterotermes ; remarks.

— Quennedey and Deligne, 1975: 248, 261, 264 • Heterotermes ; frontal gland; fontanelle; labrum; defense; phylogeny.

— Sen-Sarma et al., 1975: 1–2, 4, 7 • Heterotermes ; distribution and ecology; key. India.

— Araujo, 1977c: 25 • Heterotermes ; catalog.

— Mathews, 1977: 83 • Heterotermes ; synonymy; characters.

— Roonwal and Rathore, 1977: 308 • Heterotermes ; wing microsculpturing.

— Roonwal and Verma, 1977b: 464 • Heterotermes ; biogeography.

— Thakur, 1978d: 95, 96 • Heterotermes ; biology.

— Bandeira, 1979b: 491 • Heterotermes ; ecology. Brazil: Amazonas State.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1979b: 17, 19 • Heterotermes ; nesting behavior and nests. India.

— Roonwal et al., 1979b: 351 • Heterotermes ; wing microsculpturing.

— Thakur and Sen-Sarma, 1979: 1–4 • Heterotermes ; zoogeography; phylogeny; synonymy; imago, soldier, worker diagnosed; key to species.

— Chhotani, 1980: 5, 26 • Heterotermes ; Indian species listed; key.

— Mill, 1982a: 255 • Heterotermes ; habitat; nest location; food; locality. Brazil.

— Bose and Das, 1982: 199 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Mill, 1982b: 56 • Heterotermes ; habitat; nest location; food.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1983: 124 • Heterotermes ; distribution. Arabian Peninsula.

— Maiti, 1983: 16, 22 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Roonwal, 1983b: 363 • Heterotermes ; wing microsculpturing.

— Chhotani, 1984: 111–112 • Heterotermes ; key; taxonomy; distribution and zoogeography; biology; ecology; nesting behavior.

— Bose, 1984: 78–79 • Heterotermes ; key; synonymy; remarks.

— Collins, 1984: 76 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Chhotani, 1985: 93–94 • Heterotermes ; distribution and zoogeography.

— Chhotani, 1986: 22, 24 • Heterotermes ; distribution and zoogeography. Oriental Region.

— Bose and Das, 1987: 108 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Chhotani, 1988: 363 • Heterotermes ; imagoes discussed. Oman.

— Roonwal and Chhotani, 1989: 471–476 • Heterotermes ; synonymy; characters; distribution and composition; key to species.

— Thakur, 1989b: 352 • Heterotermes ; ecology.

— Thakur (R.K.), 1989: 8 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Watson et al., 1989: 299–325 • Heterotermes ; taxonomy; worker cuticular hydrocarbons.

— Nickle and Collins, 1990: 93, 110 • Heterotermes ; key; characters.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1991: 262 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Carpenter, 1992: 142 • Heterotermes ; fossil distribution.

— Nickle and Collins, 1992: 221, 222, 224 • Heterotermes ; key; characters.

— Maiti and Saha, 1993: 516 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Watson and Abbey, 1993b: 3 • Heterotermes ; remarks; Australian species.

— Akhtar and Ahmad, 1997: 215, 218 • Heterotermes ; zoogeographical distribution.

— Poole and Gentili, 1997: 494, 495 • Heterotermes ; listed.

— Constantino, 1998b: 156 • Heterotermes ; catalog.

— Fontes, 1998: 330 • Heterotermes ; catalog.

— Fontes and Monteiro, 1998: 37 • Heterotermes ; etymology and pronunciation.

— Sands, 1998: 25, 69–71, figs. 62–83 • Heterotermes ; key; worker described; worker mandibles,

gut figured; biology and economic status; distribution.

— Constantino, 1999a: 396, 411 • Heterotermes ; key; biology; distribution.

— Huang and Li, 1999: 279, 303 • Heterotermes ; key; characters.

— Constantino, 2000b: 463, 464 • Heterotermes ; South American species.

— Thorne et al., 2000: 80 • Heterotermes ; number of fossil species; age; distribution.

— Constantino, 2002c: fig. 3 • Heterotermes ; distribution map of South American species.

— Constantino, 2002a: 18 • Heterotermes ; South American species.

— DeSouza et al., 2003: 645 • Heterotermes ; nesting habits.

— Rathore and Tak, 2004a: 43 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Rathore and Bhattacharyya, 2004: 8 • Heterotermes ; key.

— Maiti, 2006: 15, 106–111 • Heterotermes ; key; synonymy; characters; key to species;

distribution.

— Bourguignon and Roisin, 2011: 70 • Heterotermes ; characters; distribution.

Leucotermes Silvestri, 1901: 3 View in CoL .

TYPE SPECIES: Termes tenuis Hagen, 1901 by monotypy.

— Wasmann, 1902d: 117–118 • Leucotermes ; characters.

— Silvestri, 1903: 37–38 • Leucotermes ; characters; distribution.

— Desneux, 1904b: 29, 31, 32–33 • Termes (Leucotermes) [part]; synonymy; characters; key to species; distribution.

— Holmgren, 1906: 540 • Leucotermes ; remarks; synonymy.

— Escherich, 1909: 176 • Leucotermes ; characters.

— Holmgren, 1910b: 285 • Leucotermes ; listed;? Heterotermes ; listed.

— Holmgren, 1910a: 142 • Leucotermes ; remarks; relationship to Heterotermes .

— Holmgren, 1911a: 11, 69–71 • Leucotermes [part]; synonymy; species included; distribution.

— Holmgren, 1913c: 60, 63 • Leucotermes (Leucotermes) ; key; characters.

— Warren, 1919: 2 • Leucotermes ; distribution.

— Banks, 1919: 479, 480 • Leucotermes ; key.

— Banks and Snyder, 1920: 54, 75–76 • Leucotermes ; key; characters; included in Termitinae .

— Light, 1921b: 57–58 • Leucotermes ; diagnosis.

— Snyder, 1924i: 12–13 • Leucotermes ; discussion.

— Emerson, 1925: 340 • Leucotermes ; remarks; distribution.

— Snyder, 1926g: 3, 4 • Leucotermes ; characters; remarks.

— Sjöstedt, 1926d: 59 • Leucotermes ; reference list.

— Bathellier, 1927: 130–131, 132 • Leucotermes ; characters; also as Leucotermes (Leucotermes) ;

key.

— Hill, 1927a: 40 • Leucotermes ; list of species included; Heterotermes platycephalus included

with a question mark.

— Light, 1930f: 15 • Leucotermes ; synonymized with Heterotermes .

— Tembrock, 1944: fig. 11 • Leucotermes ; map; species distribution.

Psalidotermes Silvestri, 1909b: 296 [junior subjective synonym of Heterotermes Froggatt, 1897 ]. TYPE SPECIES: Termes ferox Froggatt, 1898 by monotypy.

— Warren, 1919: 2 • Psalidotermes ; distribution.

— Holmgren, 1911a: 69 • Psalidotermes ; synonymized with Leucotermes .

▲ 30 living species, 2 fossil species.

   DISTRIBUTION: Australian Region; Ethiopian Region ; Nearctic Region ; Neotropical Region ;

Oriental Region; Palaearctic Region.

Heterotermes aethiopicus (Sjöstedt, 1911)

Eutermes aethiopicus Sjöstedt, 1911d: 172 (soldier).

TYPE DATA: Syntypes: MNHP soldiers, NHRM soldiers, workers, AMNH soldier, workers.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia [ Abessinien]: Kottouki Dagaga [10°20′N, 42°25′E].

— Holmgren, 1913c: 15 • Leucotermes aethiopicus ; new combination.

— Hegh, 1922: 469, 694 • Eutermes aethiopicus ; reference list; distribution.

— Sjöstedt, 1922: 246, pl. 1T1, fig. 4 • Eutermes aethiopicus ; soldier, worker described; soldier figured; locality. Ethiopia.

— Sjöstedt, 1926d: 59 • Leucotermes aethiopicus ; reference list; key; remarks; locality. Ethiopia.

— Ghidini, 1938: 226 • Reticulitermes aethiopicus ; new combination.

— Snyder, 1949a: 71 • Reticulitermes aethiopicus ; catalog; reference list. Ethiopia.

— Harris, 1957c: 423 • Reticulitermes aethiopicus ; ecology; distribution. Ethiopia; Yemen.

— Harris, 1961a: 155, 158 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; damage; distribution; new combination.

— Bouillon and Mathot, 1965: 20 • Reticulitermes aethiopicus ; distribution.

— Harris, 1968c: 2, 11, fig. 4 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; soldier figured; biology; locality. Sudan.

— Bouillon and Mathot, 1971: 7, table: no. 63 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; catalog; measurements; distribution. Sudan.

— Johnson and Wood, 1980: 279–293 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; checklist; ecology; distribution.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1983: 124 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; distribution. Arabian Peninsula.

— Weidner, 1984: 6 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; listed. Southern Arabia.

— Badawi et al., 1986a: 416, 418 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; distribution. Saudi Arabia.

— Cowie, 1989a: 159, 160, 163, 164, table 1 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; checklist; biogeography; distribution. Abu Dhabi; North Yemen; Oman; Saudi Arabia; South Yemen.

— Cowie et al., 1990: 23, 24, table 1 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; checklist; distribution. Ethiopia.

— Chhotani and Bose, 1991: 261, 263 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; key. Saudi Arabia.

— Sands, 1998: 71, 328, 329, figs. 65–72, 75–83 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; worker mandibles, gut figured; locality. Ethiopia; Sudan; Yemen.

— Faragalla, 2002: 203 • Heterotermes aethiopicus ; checklist; ecozoogeography. Saudi Arabia.

 DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopian Region— Ethiopia; North Yemen; South Yemen; Sudan. ◆ Palaearctic Region—Abu Dhabi; Oman; Saudi Arabia.

Heterotermes assu Constantino, 2000

Heterotermes assu Constantino, 2000b: 464 View in CoL (imago, soldier, worker), fig. 1.

TYPE DATA: Holotype: DZUB soldier. Paratypes: DZUB soldiers, workers, DZUB soldiers, workers, DZUB imagoes, soldiers, workers (several colonies).

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: State of Espírito Santo: Presidente Kennedy, Praia das Neves.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Rhinotermitidae

Genus

Coptotermes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Rhinotermitidae

Genus

Coptotermes

Loc

Coptotermes travians

Krishna, Kumar, Grimaldi, David A., Krishna, Valerie & Engel, Michael S. 2013
2013
Loc

Coptotermes xiamensis

Ahmad and Akhtar 2002: 15
2002
Loc

Heterotermes assu

Constantino 2000: 464
2000
Loc

Coptotermes varicapitatus

Tsai 1985: 108 - 109
1985
Loc

Eutermes aethiopicus Sjöstedt, 1911d: 172

Sjostedt 1911: 172
1911
Loc

Leucotermes

Silvestri 1901: 3
1901
Loc

Termes (Coptotermes) truncatus

Wasmann 1897: 164 - 165
1897
Loc

Heterotermes

Froggatt 1897: 518
1897
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