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Blattodea Species File
Species

Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt, 1897)

Nomenclature (6)

  • Calotermes [sic] adamsoni Froggatt, 1897a: 532-534.

    Lectotype; imago/alate, male; 57140611-fc3c-44bd-9438-8eff192e3a4b; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC);

  • Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt, 1897) in Desneux, 1906a: 360.
  • Porotermes (Planitermes) grandis Holmgren, 1912 (subjective synonym of Calotermes [sic] adamsoni Froggatt, 1897) in Hill, 1933b: 36.
  • Porotermes froggatti Holmgren, 1912 (subjective synonym of Calotermes [sic] adamsoni Froggatt, 1897) in Hill, 1933b: 36.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Froggatt, W.W. (1897a) Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 21(4), 510–552. [1896]
  • Desneux, J. (1906a) Variétés termitologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 49(12), 336–360.
  • Holmgren, N.F. (1912b) Neue Termiten aus dem Deutschen Entomologischen Museum. Entomologische Mitteilungen, Berlin-Dahlem, 1(9), 280–282.
  • Hill, G.F. (1933b) Notes on Porotermes and Calotermes (Isoptera) from the Australian region, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series., 46(1), 36–53.
  • Hill, G.F. (1942) Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian region. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne. 479 pp. + 24 pls.
  • Watson, J.A.L., Miller, L.R. & Abbey, H.M. (1998) Isoptera. In: W. W. K. Houston and A. Wells (Eds), Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 23: Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Dermaptera, Phasmatodea, Embioptera, Zoraptera. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 163–250. [Xiii + 464 pp.]

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034