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Isognathotermes bulbifrons (Sjöstedt, 1924)

Nomenclature (14)

  • Cubitermes bulbifrons Sjöstedt, 1924b: 255-256.

    Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; d9559a1d-932a-4254-b40e-4984f37182a6; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (NHRM);

  • Cubitermes gibbifrons Sjöstedt, 1924b: 255.

    Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 4ffcb2b9-9949-4f75-b6e0-8e953551a7cb; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (NHRM);

  • Cubitermes gibbifrons Sjöstedt, 1924 (subjective synonym of Cubitermes bulbifrons Sjöstedt, 1924) in Josens, Deligne, Harry, Roy, Akama, Coulibaly, Dosso, Goergen, Hasson, Kasangij a Kasangij, Kifukieto, Le Ru, Loko, Ndiaye, Roisin, Sion, Šobotnik, Stiblik, Kue Di Kuenda, Traoré, Viage, Wango, Kaymak, Bourguignon & Hellemans, 2025: 43. Classification
  • Mirotermes (Cubitermes) kemneri Emerson, 1928 (subjective synonym of Cubitermes bulbifrons Sjöstedt, 1924) in Josens, Deligne, Harry, Roy, Akama, Coulibaly, Dosso, Goergen, Hasson, Kasangij a Kasangij, Kifukieto, Le Ru, Loko, Ndiaye, Roisin, Sion, Šobotnik, Stiblik, Kue Di Kuenda, Traoré, Viage, Wango, Kaymak, Bourguignon & Hellemans, 2025: 43. Classification

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Desneux, J. (1904a) Notes Termitologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 48(3), 146–151. [in French]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1924b) Neue Arten und Gattungen Afrikanischer Termiten (vorläufige Mitteilung). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles), 12(2), 253–257.
  • Emerson, A.E. (1928b) Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 57(7), 401–574 + 19 pls.
  • Snyder, T.E. (1949a) Catalog of the termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 112(3953), 1–490.
  • Ruelle, J.E. (1975b) Type specimens of Isoptera in the National Collection of Insects, Pretoria. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agricultural and Technical Services (South Africa), 45, 1–22.
  • 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
  • Josens, G., Deligne, J., Harry, M., Roy, V., Akama, P.D., Coulibaly, T., Dosso, K., Goergen, G., Hasson, M., Kasangij a Kasangij, P., Kifukieto, C., Le Ru, B., Loko, L.E.Y., Ndiaye, A.B., Roisin, Y., Sion, N., Šobotnik, J., Stiblik, P., Kue Di Kuenda, S., … Hellemans, S. (2025) An integrative revision of the genus Isognathotermes (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae) with description of seven new species and four new subspecies. European Journal of Taxonomy, 1024, 1–197. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1024.3099

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1078
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Etymology:

The name bulbifrons from the Latin bulbus (onion) and frons (forehead) refers to the fact that the frons of the soldier viewed from the side is distinctly bulbous.