Genus
Silvestritermes Rocha & Cancello, 2012
Nomenclature (2)
- Silvestritermes Rocha & Cancello, 2012 in Rocha, Cancello & Carrijo, 2012: 811.
type species by original designation Armitermes euamignathus Silvestri, 1901
- Silvestritermes Rocha & Cancello, 2012 in Rocha, Cancello & Carrijo, 2012: 812. Key
Nomenclature references (1)
- Rocha, M.M., Cancello, E.M. & Carrijo, T.F. (2012) Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology, 37(4), 793–827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
In honour of Dr. Filippo Silvestri, the Italian entomologist who traveled through South America at the beginning of the 20th century and made important contributions to the knowledge of termites, including the description of the type-species of this new genus.