''Glyptotermes'' is a genus of
termite in the family
Kalotermitidae. With 127 species worldwide as of 2013, is the family's most speciose genus, and the second most speciose in the
New World after ''
Cryptotermes
''Cryptotermes'' is a genus of termites 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 d ...
''.
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Entomologist
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn argued in 2018 that the paucity of ''Glyptotermes'' records from throughout much of the
Caribbean Basin and
South America was caused by a field sampling bias toward non-kalotermitids. The first records of this genus from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, and much of the Lesser Antilles were provided by Scheffrahn in 2019.
''Glyptotermes'' species have a rather high wood moisture requirement and, therefore, are not found in arid parts of the
Neotropics and are likewise, not economically important. Although the
imago morphology is quite conserved, the head capsules of ''Glyptotermes'' soldiers are variously adorned with protuberances and rugosities, and robust mandibles that facilitate their identification.
Selected species
* ''
Glyptotermes canellae''
(Müller, 1873)
*''
Glyptotermes ceylonicus''
Holmgren, 1911
* ''
Glyptotermes chiraharitae''
Amina & Rajmohana, 2016
*''
Glyptotermes dilatatus''
(Bugnion & Popoff, 1910)
* ''
Glyptotermes hickmani''
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, 2021
*''
Glyptotermes minutus''
Kemner, 1932
References
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Termite genera
Glyptotermes