Species

Nitiditermes aemulus (Silvestri, 1914)

Nomenclature (2)

Cubitermes aemulus Silvestri, 1914a: 98-100.
Syntypes; king, soldier, queen, worker/pseudoworker; aab4e5b5-e6c5-4fa0-bab7-8094f8a53108; deposited at: Instituto di Entomologia Agraria, Portici, Italy (IEA);
Nitiditermes aemulus (Silvestri, 1914) in Hellemans, Deligne, Roisin & Josens, 2021: 233.

Silvestri, F. (1914a) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Termitidi e Termitofili dell’Africa occidentale. I. Termitidi. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d’Agricoltura in Portici, 9, 1–146. [in Italian]
Hellemans, S., Deligne, J., Roisin, Y. & Josens, G. (2021) Phylogeny and revision of the ‘Cubitermes complex’ termites (Termitidae:Cubitermitinae). Systematic Entomology, 46(1), 224–238. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12458

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	1	2

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: striving to equal or excel.