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Species

Syntermes spinosus (Latreille, 1804)

Nomenclature (16)

  • Termes spinosus Latreille, 1804: 62-63.

    Holotype; soldier; 7cbe5621-183f-4bd5-a24f-c7b34160e1b2; deposited at: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium (RIB);

  • Termes costatus Rambur, 1842: 305-306.

    Holotype; imago/alate; 5d32aba4-5fdd-4c36-aeef-b9892d7033eb; deposited at: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium (RIB);

  • Syntermes solidus Emerson, 1945 (subjective synonym of Termes spinosus Latreille, 1804) in Constantino, 1995: 455, 499.
  • Termes decumanus Erichson, 1848 (subjective synonym of Termes spinosus Latreille, 1804) in Constantino, 1995: 455, 499.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Latreille, P.A. (1804) Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l’agriculture et à l’économie rurale et domestique: par une société de naturalistes et d’agriculteurs [1st ed., Vol. 22]. Déterville, Paris. 583 pp.
  • Rambur, J.P. (1842) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Néuroptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. xvii + 534 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Erichson, W.F. (1848) Insecten. Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von British-Guiana. In: R. Schomburgk (Ed), Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–1844. Im Aurtrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen nebst einer Fauna und Flora Guiana’s nach Vorlagen von Johannes Müller, Ehrenberg, Erichson, Klotzsch, Troschel, Cabanis und Andern. Vol. 3. J.J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 553–617. [viii + 533–1260 pp.]
  • Snyder, T.E. (1924i) Descriptions of new species and hitherto unknown castes of termites from America and Hawaii. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 64(6), 1–40 + 5 pls.
  • Emerson, A.E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 6, 291–459.
  • Emerson, A.E. (1945) The Neotropical genus Syntermes (Isoptera: Termitidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 83, 427–471.
  • Araujo, R.L. (1977c) Catálogo dos Isoptera do novo mundo. Academia Brasileira de Ciências; pp. 92 pp.
  • Constantino, R. (1991c) Termites (Isoptera) from the lower Japurá River, Amazonas State, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Nova Série), Zoologia, 7(2), 189–224.
  • Constantino, R. (1995) Revision of the Neotropical termite genus Syntermes Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 55(13), 455–518.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1089
Subspecies0000
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