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Cryptotermes (drywood termite)

Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Cryptotermes Banks p. 336
1913Calotermes (Cryptotermes) von Rosen p. 333
1913Calotermes (Cryptotermes) batheri von Rosen p. 333
1949Cryptotermes Snyder p. 359
1958Cryptotermes Pierce p. 19
1969Cryptotermes Emerson p. 52
1992Cryptotermes Carpenter p. 139
1993Cryptotermes Nel and Paicheler p. 123
1998Cryptotermes Fontes and Vulcano p. 279
2001Cryptotermes Park and Downing p. 179
2007Cryptotermes Engel and Krishna p. 269
2013Cryptotermes Krishna et al. p. 351
2022Cryptotermes Jouault and Nel p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
Xylophagodea
infraorderIsoptera()
Euisoptera
Artisoptera
Icoisoptera
familyKalotermitidae()
genusCryptotermes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cryptotermes Banks 1906 [drywood termite]
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Cryptotermes glaesarius Engel and Krishna 2007
Cryptotermes pouilloni Jouault and Nel 2022
Cryptotermes ryshkoffi Pierce 1958
Cryptotermes yamini Krishna and Bacchus 1987
Invalid names: Cryptotermes batheri von Rosen 1913 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 20.43000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cryptotermes glaesarius, Cryptotermes yamini (122982) Cryptotermes pouilloni (228917)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Cryptotermes ryshkoffi (144521) Cryptotermes sp. (106431)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Calotermes batheri (150372)