Species

Caetetermes fontesi Scheffrahn, 2022

Nomenclature (1)

Caetetermes fontesi Scheffrahn, 2022: 594-598.
Holotype; soldier; 55b83396-8219-4840-b982-76edb710eaa4; deposited at: University of Florida Termite Collection (UFTC), Davie Florida (UFTC);

Nomenclature references (1)

Scheffrahn, R.H. (2022) Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana. Zootaxa, 5219(6), 593–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5219.6.6

Other references (0)

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
Species	1	0	0	1

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

This species is named in honor of Luiz Roberto Fontes who described Caetetermes, numerous other termite taxa, and demonstrated the importance of gut morphology of Neotropical termites.