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Species

Reticulitermes lucifugus Rossi, 1792

Nomenclature (17)

  • Termes arda Forskål, 1775: 96-97.

    Syntypes; worker/pseudoworker, soldier; 5883dc30-4045-4a60-9df9-090b37f7e79a; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);

  • Hemerobius raphidioides Villers, 1789a: 56.

    Syntypes; imago/alate; e6ef3daa-a979-4850-9c3d-62c04074fde1; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);

  • Reticulitermes lucifugus Rossi, 1792 in Perris, 1876a: 201-202.
  • Reticulitermes lucifugus Rossi, 1792 in Hagen, 1876: 403-404.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Forskål, P. (1775) Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium, quae in itinere orientali. Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen], 164 pp.
  • de Villers, C.J. (1789a) Caroli Linnaei entomologia, faunae suecicae descriptionibus aucta; DD. Scopoli, Geoffroy, de Geer, Fabricii, Schrank, &c. Speciebus vel in systemate non enumeratis, vel nuperrime detectis, vel speciebus galliae australis locupletata, generum specierumque rariorum iconibus ornata. Vol. 3. Piestre et Delamolliere, Lugduni [Lyons], France, 657 pp. + 4 pls.
  • Rossi, P. (1792) 2Mantissa Insectorum exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas. 154pp.
  • Latreille, P.A. (1794) Extrait d’un mémoire pour servir de suite à l’histoire des Termès, ou fourmis blanches. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 1, 84–85.
  • Rossi, P. (1807a) Classis septima. Rhyngota. In J.C.W. Illiger (Ed.). Fauna Etrusca. Sistens Insecta qvae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana. C.G. Fleckeisen, Prosperi, Helmstadii [Helmstadt], Germany. Vol. 2, pp. 341–352. [viii + 511 pp. + 11 pls.]
  • 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.
  • Hagen, H.A. (1858-b) Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Termitina. Trustees of the British Museum; pp. 34 pp.
  • Hagen, H.A. (1858c) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica, 12, i-iii + 4–342 + 459 + 3 pls.
  • Hagen, H. (1866) Die Neuropteren Spaniens nach Ed. Pictet's Synopsis des Neuropteres d'Espagne. Geneve 1865. 8. tab. 14 col. und Dr. Staudingers Mittheilungen. Entomologische Zeitung 27, 281–302.
  • Packard, A.S., Jr. (1869) Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops; for the use of colleges, farm schools, and agriculturists. Naturalist's Book Agency, Salem, 531–536 pp. [vii + 702 pp. + 10 pls.]
  • Perris, E. (1876a) Nouvelles promenades entomologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (5 série), 6(1-2), 171–244. [in French; Publication dates: Part 1 (pp. 1-176): July 24, 1876; Part 2 (pp. 177-352): October 11, 1876]
  • Hagen, H.A. (1876) The Probable Danger from White Ants. The American Naturalist 10, 401–410.
  • Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: 3. NEOISOPTERA EXCLUDING TERMITIDAE. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 627–976.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1067
Subspecies3014
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: reclusive, nocturnal.