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Species

Dicuspiditermes laetus (Silvestri, 1914)

Nomenclature (8)

  • Capritermes laetus Silvestri, 1914b: 434-435.

    Holotype; soldier; 2b204542-0ed5-4eea-8557-0768cb3347b6; deposited at: Instituto di Entomologia Agraria, Portici, Italy (IEA);

  • Capritermes garthwaitei Gardner, 1945: 106-108.

    Lectotype; soldier; e7882e20-acd7-4577-b9a6-eb3c82e8f442; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH);

  • Dicuspiditermes tripurensis Sen-Sarma & Thakur, 1979 (subjective synonym of Capritermes laetus Silvestri, 1914) in Chhotani, 1997: 303-304.
  • Dicuspiditermes orientalis Harris, 1968 (subjective synonym of Capritermes laetus Silvestri, 1914) in Krishna, 2001: 427.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Silvestri, F. (1914b) Zoological results of the Abor Expedition, 1911–12. Termitidae. Records of the Indian Museum, 8(5 [32]), 425–435.
  • Gardner, J.C.M. (1945) New Termitidae from India and Burma (Isoptera). Indian Journal of Entomology 6, 103–110.
  • Krishna, K. (1965a) Termites (Isoptera) of Burma. American Museum Novitates, 2210, 1–34.
  • Harris, W.V. (1968d) Isoptera from Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. Opuscula Entomologica, 33(1-2), 143–154.
  • Krishna, K. (1968) Phylogeny and generic reclassification of the Capritermes complex (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138, 261–323.
  • Sen-Sarma, P.K. & Thakur, M.L. (1979) Termites of Tripura (Insecta: Isoptera). Indian Forest Records (n.s.), Entomology 13, i–ii + 1–67.
  • Chhotani, O.B. (1997) The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Isoptera (Termites): (family Termitidae). Vol. 2. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 800 pp.
  • Krishna, K. (2001) Southeast Asian species of the genus Dicuspiditermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae). Sociobiology 37, 397–488.

Other references (0)

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
Species1045