Species
Amitermes kavarattiensis Sengupta, Rajmohana & Amina, 2023
Nomenclature (1)
- Amitermes kavarattiensis Sengupta, Rajmohana & Amina, 2023 in Sengupta, Rajmohana, Amina, Basak, Tyagi & Prasad, 2023: 129-133.
Holotype; soldier; 0feb3d6b-4300-403c-a230-d68c27e6ca9f; deposited at: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India (ZSI);
Nomenclature references (1)
- Sengupta, R., Rajmohana, K., Amina, P., Basak, J., Tyagi, K. & Prasad, P. (2023) A new mandibulate termite Amitermes kavarattiensis sp. nov. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) from Lakshadweep Island, India. Oriental Insects, 57(1), 127–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2022.2076262
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The species epithet ‘kavarattiensis’ refers to the type locality, Kavaratti, the capital of the Union territory of the Lakshadweep islands.