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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Drywood and Dampwood Termites (Kalotermitidae) » Powderpost Termites (Cryptotermes) » West Indian Drywood Termite (Cryptotermes brevis)

Species Cryptotermes brevis - West Indian Drywood Termite

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names
Termite? If so what kind? - Cryptotermes brevis Termites? - Cryptotermes brevis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blattoidea
No Taxon (Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites)
Family Kalotermitidae (Drywood and Dampwood Termites)
Genus Cryptotermes (Powderpost Termites)
Species brevis (West Indian Drywood Termite)
Other Common Names
Due to its cosmopolitan distribution and its close association with human structures due to its very high desiccation tolerance, this species has a lot of names such as house termite, furniture termite or powderpost termite.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Termes brevis Walker, 1853
Termes indecisus Walker, 1853
Calotermes (Cryptotermes) grassii Janicki, 1911
Cryptotermes pseudobrevis Fuller, 1921
Cryptotermes piceatus Snyder, 1922
Cryptotermes rospigliosi Snyder, 1922
Lagena samanica Berry, 1928
Explanation of Names
Cryptotermes brevis Walker, 1853
Contributed by Zhao J on 7 May, 2022 - 10:56pm

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