Species

Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen, 1858)

Nomenclature (30)

Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858c: 148–151, 240.
Lectotype; imago/alate; 0ec56d5e-ce2d-4bee-8669-674b41d5327c; deposited at: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium (RIB);
Termes azarelii Wasmann, 1896b: 626–628, 629.
Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 17da6164-1f2c-49a2-a4b1-4d9b32f80292; deposited at: Natuurhistorisch Museum Museum of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands (NHMM);

Termes malayanus Haviland, 1898: 381-383.
Syntypes; imago/alate, soldier, worker/pseudoworker; dbf65365-519f-40d8-8487-ac765e498949; deposited at: Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK (CUMZ);
Termes malayanus Haviland, 1898 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Holmgren, 1911d: 552-553.
Termes (Macrotermes) luzonensis Oshima, 1914a: 569-570.
Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 0a0f501d-a8f6-41f7-96df-558cf9534625; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH);
Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis [sic] (Oshima, 1914) in Oshima, 1914a: 566-568.
Syntypes; imago/alate, worker/pseudoworker, soldier; be6021dc-4f33-458b-918e-c2d5ee1b9f8f; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);
Termes (Termes) copelandi Oshima, 1914a: 570-572.
Syntypes; worker/pseudoworker, soldier; bbcab5ef-5e07-4502-ac41-a183a4ddb75e; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);
Termes (Macrotermes) manilanus Oshima, 1914c: 30-31.
Syntypes; imago/alate; d1061558-861f-4b32-92bc-6a3dad056077; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH);
Termes (Macrotermes) philippinae Oshima, 1914c: 31-33.
Syntypes; imago/alate, worker/pseudoworker, soldier; be6021dc-4f33-458b-918e-c2d5ee1b9f8f; deposited at: Unknown (Unknown);
Macrotermes gilvus padangensis Kemner, 1930b: 306-307.
Syntypes; soldier; 7c557196-0dd3-411c-9af6-9d7f30cfae11; deposited at: Zoologiska Instituet, Universitets Lund, Lund, Sweden (ZMLU);
Termes (Macrotermes) luzonensis Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Light, 1930f: 20.
Termes (Macrotermes) manilanus Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Light, 1930f: 20.
Termes (Macrotermes) philippinae Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Light, 1930f: 20.
Termes (Termes) copelandi Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Light, 1930f: 20.
Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen, 1858) in Light, 1930f: 20.
Macrotermes gilvus borneensis Kemner, 1933: 27.
Syntypes; soldier; 3765ffa1-8681-4173-919e-934c579d4c28; deposited at: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium (RGMC);
Macrotermes gilvus angusticeps Kemner, 1934b: 77-79.
Syntypes; soldier, imago/alate, worker/pseudoworker; 49a69386-79b1-4419-a209-93fc6d3f7c74; deposited at: Zoologiska Instituet, Universitets Lund, Lund, Sweden (ZMLU);
Macrotermes gilvus kalshoveni Kemner, 1934b: 80-82.
Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 12e79e1c-56ff-4f1b-a0af-a6927ae3e90d; deposited at: Zoologiska Instituet, Universitets Lund, Lund, Sweden (ZMLU);
Macrotermes gilvus latinotum Kemner, 1934b: 79-80.
Syntypes; imago/alate, soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 30b293ce-7462-44e3-98cc-549b60268e93; deposited at: Zoologiska Instituet, Universitets Lund, Lund, Sweden (ZMLU);
Macrotermes gilvus madurensis Kemner, 1934b: 82-83.
Syntypes; imago/alate, soldier, worker/pseudoworker; ab05e2d8-3c51-49be-9c33-ab22ca4c1f57; deposited at: Zoologiska Instituet, Universitets Lund, Lund, Sweden (ZMLU);
Termes (Macrotermes) manilanus Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis [sic] (Oshima, 1914)) in Snyder, 1949a: 212.
Termes (Termes) copelandi Oshima, 1914 (subjective synonym of Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis [sic] (Oshima, 1914)) in Snyder, 1949a: 212.
Macrotermes gilvus angusticeps Kemner, 1934 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 20.
Macrotermes gilvus borneensis Kemner, 1933 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 20.
Macrotermes gilvus kalshoveni Kemner, 1934 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 20.
Macrotermes gilvus latinotum Kemner, 1934 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 21.
Macrotermes gilvus madurensis Kemner, 1934 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 21.
Macrotermes gilvus padangensis Kemner, 1930 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 21.

Termes azarelii Wasmann, 1896 (subjective synonym of Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858) in Krishna, 1965a: 20-21.
Termes (Macrotermes) philippinensis [sic] (Oshima, 1914) (unjustified emendation for Termes (Macrotermes) philippinae Oshima, 1914) in Krishna, Grimaldi, Krishna & Engel, 2013: 1049.

Nomenclature references (14)

Hagen, H.A. (1858c) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica, 12, i-iii + 4–342 + 459 + 3 pls.
Wasmann, E. (1896b) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine LXXII. Neue Termitophilen und Termiten aus Indien. I–III. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 16, 613–630. [in German]

Mathot, G. (1978) Liste du matériel typique conservé dans les collections entomologiques de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Isoptera. Revue Verviétoise d’Histoire Naturelle, 35(10-12), 50–60.
Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: 4. TERMITIDAE (PART ONE). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 977–1498.

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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.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	14	15
Subspecies	0	0	0	0

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: pale yellow.