''Cryptotermes'' is a genus of
termite
Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattode ...
s in the family
Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments.
Biology
The ...
. It is one of the economically most significant genera of drywood termites.
Species
There are about 70 species.
Species include:
* ''
Cryptotermes abruptus''
Scheffrahn and Krecek, 1998
* ''
Cryptotermes bengalensis''
(Snyder, 1934)
* ''
Cryptotermes brevis
''Cryptotermes brevis'' is a species of termite in the family Kalotermitidae, commonly known as the West Indian drywood termite or the powderpost termite. It is able to live completely inside timber structures or articles made of wood such as f ...
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(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Cryptotermes cavifrons''
Banks, 1906
* ''
Cryptotermes ceylonicus''
Ranaweera, 1962
* ''
Cryptotermes colombianus''
Casalla et al., 2016
* ''
Cryptotermes cynocephalus''
Light, 1921
* ''
Cryptotermes domesticus
The domestic drywood termite, (''Cryptotermes domesticus''), is a species of dry wood termite of the genus ''Cryptotermes''. It is native to Malaysia, Borneo, Australia, China and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංක ...
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Haviland, 1898
* ''
Cryptotermes fatulus''
(Light, 1935)
* ''
Cryptotermes havilandi''
(Sjostedt, 1900)
* ''
Cryptotermes longicollis''
(Banks, 1918)
* ''
Cryptotermes dudleyi''
References
Termite genera
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