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Nomenclature (4)

  • Capritermes obtusus Silvestri, 1923b: 229-231.

    Lectotype; soldier; 36a6ba3e-bf22-4add-be48-0f713c925b69; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (ZSI);

  • Capritermes obtusus abbreviatus Silvestri, 1923b: 231-232.

    Syntypes; soldier, worker/pseudoworker; 245827ce-b2ce-47e2-bde0-ed6a77a2cd0a; deposited at: Instituto di Entomologia Agraria, Portici, Italy (IEA);

  • Dicuspiditermes obtusus (Silvestri, 1923) in Krishna, 1965a: 16-18.
  • Capritermes obtusus abbreviatus Silvestri, 1923 (subjective synonym of Capritermes obtusus Silvestri, 1923) in Krishna, 1968: 290.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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. (1965a) Termites (Isoptera) of Burma. American Museum Novitates, 2210, 1–34.
  • 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.
  • Silvestri, F. (1923b) The fauna of an island in the Chilka Lake III. The termites of Barkuda Island. Records of the Indian Museum, 25(2), 221–232.

Other references (0)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023
Subspecies0000