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Blattodea Species File
Species

Neotermes insularis (Walker, 1853)

Nomenclature (16)

  • Termes insularis Walker, 1853: 521-522.

    Lectotype; imago/alate; 574f7631-923b-4039-ae9f-5940532045a0; deposited at: Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History)), London, UK (BMNH);

  • Calotermes [sic] irregularis Froggatt, 1897a: 525-527.

    Lectotype; soldier; 957d4d43-e946-419c-af1e-18f4caaf5bbd; deposited at: Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (NMV);

  • Calotermes [sic] irregularis Froggatt, 1897 (subjective synonym of Termes insularis Walker, 1853) in Hill, 1942: 47-48.
  • Calotermes [sic] malandensis Mjöberg, 1920 (subjective synonym of Termes insularis Walker, 1853) in Hill, 1942: 47-48.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Walker, F.A. (1853) List of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III (Termitidae–Ephemeridae). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 585 pp.
  • Froggatt, W.W. (1897a) Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 21(4), 510–552. [1896]
  • Mjöberg, E. (1920) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg’s Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia, 1910–1913. 19. Isoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 12, 1–128.
  • Hill, G.F. (1926c) Australian termites (Isoptera). Notes on Stolotermes, Calotermes, and Coptotermes, with description of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series., 38, 192–214.
  • Hill, G.F. (1932a) Australian termites (Isoptera). Biological notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series., 44(1-2), 134–154.
  • Kirby, H. (1941) Devescovinid flagellates of termites. I. The genus Devescovina. University of California Publications in Zoölogy, 45(1), 1–91.
  • 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
Species1089