Cryptotermes Banks, 1906

Roisin, Yves, 2011, Cryptotermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu: Redescription of Cryptotermes albipes (Holmgren & Holmgren) and description of Cryptotermes penaoru sp. n., ZooKeys 138, pp. 31-40 : 31

Genus Cryptotermes Banks, 1906

Cryptotermes - Banks, 1906: 336. Type species, by monotypy: Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks, 1906.

Cryptotermes Banks - Krishna 1961: 379-382, Figs 77-80 (redescription).

Stages.

Imagos of Cryptotermes can be recognized by the combination of the following criteria: left imago mandible with anterior margin of third marginal tooth clearly longer than posterior margin of first plus second marginals, and media vein bending forward to join radial sector in middle of wing or beyond.

Soldiers of Cryptotermes have a phragmotic head (like those of Calcaritermes ) and all fore tibial spurs approximately equal.