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Nomenclature (3)

  • Mirotermes (Cubitermes) orthognathus Emerson, 1928b: 525-526.

    Holotype; soldier; da734e5e-89a0-4297-9480-dd91531f06ca; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH);

  • Cubitermes orthognathus (Emerson, 1928) in Snyder, 1949a: 162.
  • Nitiditermes orthognathus (Emerson, 1928) in Hellemans, Deligne, Roisin & Josens, 2021: 233.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: straight-jawed.