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Species

Isognathotermes planifrons (Sjöstedt, 1924)

Nomenclature (13)

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

    Syntypes; imago/alate, soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 3d878001-df5e-42e9-b20a-3a6f5ed3b7ee; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH);

  • Cubitermes fungifaber elongata Sjöstedt, 1924b: 256.

    Syntypes; worker/pseudoworker, soldier; fabfb868-1b02-4fae-a5aa-8e3ac688635b; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (NHRM);

  • Mirotermes (Cubitermes) gaigei Emerson, 1928 (subjective synonym of Cubitermes planifrons 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: 112. Classification
  • Isognathotermes planifrons (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: 112. Description/Redescription

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1896b) Termiten aus Kamerun. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 17(4), 297–298.
  • Schmitz, H. (1916) Ein neuer Cubitermes vom belgischen Kongo. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (suppl.), 58(1915), 119–124.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1924b) Neue Arten und Gattungen Afrikanischer Termiten (vorläufige Mitteilung). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles), 12(2), 253–257.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1924c) Neue Afrikanische Termiten. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles), 12(4), 490–494.
  • 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.
  • Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World: 5. TERMITIDAE (PART TWO). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377, 1499–1992.
  • 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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Etymology:

Latin: planus (flat, even) + frons (face).