Species

Isognathotermes zenkeri (Desneux, 1904)

Nomenclature (7)

Termes zenkeri Desneux, 1904a: 148-149.
Syntypes; imago/alate, soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 64cdf527-993f-47a3-ac6c-ee4d33f84a8e; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden (NHRM);
Cubitermes (Eutermes) zenkeri (Desneux, 1904) in Desneux, 1904b: 46.

Isognathotermes zenkeri (Desneux, 1904) in Hellemans, Deligne, Roisin & Josens, 2021: 233.
Isognathotermes zenkeri (Desneux, 1904) 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: 161. Description/Redescription

Desneux, J. (1904a) Notes Termitologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 48(3), 146–151. [in French]
Desneux, J. (1904b) Isoptera, fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum, 25, 1–52 + 2 pls. [in French]

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

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	5	6

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

This species was named in honour of G.A. Zenker who discovered this species and collected the type material.