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Blattodea Species File
Species

Reticulitermes nelsonae Lim & Forschler, 2012

Nomenclature (1)

  • Reticulitermes nelsonae Lim & Forschler, 2012: 76-82.

    Holotype; imago/alate, female; f08dafe6-a62e-41f5-8793-d675b30f8641; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH);

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Lim, S.Y. & Forschler, B.T. (2012) Reticulitermes nelsonae, a new species of subterranean termite (Rhinotermitidae) from the southeastern United States. Insects, 3, 62–90.

Other references (0)

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

This patronym was established to honor Lori J. Nelson (USDA Forest Service, Buchanan, CA, USA) who realized in 1996 that specimens collected on Sapelo Island, Georgia, were distinct and different from all described Reticulitermes species based on cuticular hydrocarbon analysis (Haverty et al. 1996, Haverty et al. 1999).