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Pseudocapritermes fletcheri (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917)

Nomenclature (8)

  • Capritermes fletcheri Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917: 169.

    Lectotype; soldier; 67814c18-eb0a-4370-9f7c-906fd112b7c5; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (ZSI);

  • Pseudocapritermes fontanellus Mathur & Thapa, 1961: 3-7.

    Holotype; soldier; 6e218e0a-8297-4724-a298-02ad2c4a5b4d; deposited at: Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (FRI);

  • Pseudocapritermes roonwali Verma, 1985 (subjective synonym of Capritermes fletcheri Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917) in Chhotani, 1993: 297.
  • Pseudocapritermes fletcheri (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917) in Chhotani, 1993: 297-302.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Holmgren, K. & Holmgren, N.F. (1917) Report on a collection of termites from India. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 5(3), 135–171.
  • Mathur, R.N. & Thapa, R.S. (1961) Pseudocapritermes fontanellus sp. nov. from South India. Journal of the Timber Dryers’ and Preservers’ Association of India, Dehra Dun 7, 3–7.
  • Thakur, M.L. & Chatterjee, P.N. (1969) A new species of Pseudocapritermes Kemner from India (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae). Oriental Insects 3, 189–192.
  • Verma, S.C. (1985a) On a collection of termites (Insecta: Isoptera) from Kerala (India) with a new species of Pseudocapritermes Kemner (Part II). Indian Journal of Forestry, 8(3), 176–183.
  • Chhotani, O.B. (1993) On the species Capritermes fletcheri Holmgren and Holmgren and Eutermes incola Wasmann (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae): their status, descriptions, etc. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 92, 293–310.

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Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

After Fletcher.