Genus
Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, 2022
Nomenclature (1)
- Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, 2022 in Amina, Rajmohana, Dinesh & Asha, 2022: 111.
type species by original designation Rinacapritermes silvius Amina & Rajmohana, 2022 in Amina, Rajmohana, Dinesh & Asha, 2022: 112
Nomenclature references (1)
- Amina, P., Rajmohana, K., Dinesh, K.P. & Asha, G. (2022) Integrative taxonomic studies on Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, n. gen. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) with two new species from India. Zoosystema, 44(3), 109–124. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a3
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The genus name ‘Rinacapritermes’, is the combination of name ‘Rina’ and ‘capritermes’. ‘Rina’ refers to the first author’s daughter and ‘capritermes’ refers to the morphological similarity with Capritermes Wasmann, 1897 group.