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Species

Isognathotermes fungifaber (Sjöstedt, 1896)

Nomenclature (13)

  • Eutermes fungifaber Sjöstedt, 1896b: 297.

    Syntypes; worker/pseudoworker, imago/alate, soldier; 34b0a8ff-5f0b-4787-84dd-4f0c53b6e7e0; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (NHRM);

  • Cubitermes fungifaber (Sjöstedt, 1896) in Wasmann, 1911c: 147, 153, 158-160.
  • Isognathotermes fungifaber (Sjöstedt, 1896) in Hellemans, Deligne, Roisin & Josens, 2021: 233.
  • Isognathotermes fungifaber (Sjöstedt, 1896) 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: 66. Description/Redescription

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1896b) Termiten aus Kamerun. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 17(4), 297–298.
  • Wasmann, E. (1911c) Zur Kenntnis der Termiten und Termitengäste von Belgischen Kongo. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles), 1(1-2), 91–117, 145–176.
  • 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.
  • 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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Descendants and synonyms

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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
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name fungifaber from the Latin fungus (mushroom) and faber (artisan) doubtless refers to the building of mushroom-shaped epigeous nests.