Neotermes 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 Blatto ...
s in the
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 ...
family.
The genus was first described by
Nils Holmgren in 1911 (as a subgenus),
and the type species is ''
Neotermes castaneus''.
Species
GBIF lists the following species:
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Neotermes aburiensis'' Sjöstedt, 1926
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Neotermes acceptus'' Mathews, 1977
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Neotermes adampurensis'' Akhtar, 1975
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Neotermes agilis'' (Sjöstedt, 1902)
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Neotermes amplilabralis'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes andamanensis'' (Snyder, 1933)
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Neotermes angustigulus'' Han, 1984
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Neotermes araguaensis'' Snyder, 1959
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Neotermes aridus'' Wilkinson, 1959
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Neotermes arthurimuelleri'' (Rosen, 1912)
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Neotermes artocarpi'' (Haviland, 1898)
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Neotermes assamensis'' Saha & Maiti, 2000
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Neotermes assmuthi'' (Holmgren, 1913)
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Neotermes binovatus'' Han, 1984
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Neotermes blairi'' Chakraborty & Maiti, 1994
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Neotermes bosei'' (Snyder, 1933)
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Neotermes brachynotum'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes brevinotus'' (Snyder, 1932)
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Neotermes buxensis'' Sen-Sarma & Roonwal, 1960
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Neotermes camerunensis'' (Sjöstedt, 1900)
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Neotermes castaneus'' (Burmeister, 1839)
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Neotermes chilensis'' (Blanchard, 1851)
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Neotermes collarti'' Coaton, 1955
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Neotermes connexus'' Snyder, 1922
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Neotermes costaseca'' Scheffrahn, 2018
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Neotermes cryptops'' (Sjöstedt, 1900)
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Neotermes cubanus'' (Snyder, 1922)
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Neotermes dalbergiae'' (Kalshoven, 1930)
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Neotermes desneuxi'' (Sjöstedt, 1904)
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Neotermes dhirendrai'' Bose, 1984
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Neotermes dolichognathus'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes dubiocalcaratus'' Han, 1984
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Neotermes eleanorae'' Bose, 1984
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Neotermes erythraeus'' Silvestri, 1918
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Neotermes europae'' (Wasmann, 1910)
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Neotermes ferrugineus'' (Holmgren, 1911)
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Neotermes firmus'' (Sjöstedt, 1911)
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Neotermes fletcheri'' (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917)
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Neotermes fovefrons'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes fujianensis'' Ping, 1983
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Neotermes fulvescens'' (Silvestri, 1901)
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Neotermes gestri'' Silvestri, 1912
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Neotermes glabriusculus'' Oliveira, 1979
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Neotermes gnathoferrum'' Grimaldi, Lal & Ware, 2010
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Neotermes gracilidens'' Sjöstedt, 1925
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Neotermes grandis'' Light, 1930
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Neotermes grassei'' Piton, 1940
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Neotermes greeni'' (Desneux, 1908)
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Neotermes hirtellus'' (Silvestri, 1901)
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Neotermes holmgreni'' Banks, 1918
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Neotermes humilis'' Han, 1984
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Neotermes insularis'' (Walker, 1853)
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Neotermes intracaulis'' Křeček & Scheffrahn, 2003
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Neotermes jouteli'' (Banks, 1919)
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Neotermes kalimpongensis'' Maiti, 1975
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Neotermes kanehirai'' (Oshima, 1917)
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Neotermes kartaboensis'' (Emerson, 1925)
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Neotermes kemneri'' Sen-Sarma & Roonwal, 1960
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Neotermes keralai'' Verma & Roonwal, 1972
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Neotermes ketelensis'' Kemner, 1932
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Neotermes koshunensis'' (Shiraki, 1909)
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Neotermes krishnai'' (Maiti & Chakraborty, 1981)
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Neotermes lagunensis'' (Oshima, 1920)
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Neotermes larseni'' (Light, 1935)
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Neotermes laticollis
Neotermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae family. The genus was first described by Nils Holmgren
Nils Frithiof Holmgren (1877–1954) was a Swedish zoologist and comparative anatomist. He was professor of zoology at Stockholm U ...
'' (Holmgren, 1910)
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Neotermes lepersonneae'' Coaton, 1955
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Neotermes longiceps'' (Cachan, 1949)
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Neotermes longipennis'' Kemner, 1930
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Neotermes luykxi'' Collins & Nickle, 1989
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Neotermes magnoculus'' (Snyder, 1926)
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Neotermes malatensis'' (Oshima, 1917)
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Neotermes mangiferae'' Sen-Sarma & Roonwal, 1960
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Neotermes medius'' Oshima, 1923
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Neotermes megaoculatus'' Sen-Sarma & Roonwal, 1960
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Neotermes meruensis'' (Sjöstedt, 1907)
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Neotermes microculatus'' Sen-Sarma & Roonwal, 1960
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Neotermes microphthalmus'' Light, 1930
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Neotermes minutus'' Kemner, 1932
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Neotermes miracapitalis'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes modestus'' (Silvestri, 1901)
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Neotermes mona'' (Banks, 1919)
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Neotermes nigeriensis'' (Sjöstedt, 1911)
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Neotermes nilamburensis'' Thakur, 1978
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Neotermes ovatus'' Kemner, 1931
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Neotermes pallidicollis'' (Sjöstedt, 1902)
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Neotermes papua'' (Desneux, 1905)
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Neotermes paraensis'' (Costa Lima, 1942)
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Neotermes paratensis'' Thakur & Sen-Sarma, 1975
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Neotermes parviscutatus'' Light, 1930
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Neotermes phragmosus'' Scheffrahn & Křeček, 2003
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Neotermes pingshanensis'' Peng & Tan, 2009
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Neotermes platyfrons'' Scheffrahn & Křeček, 2001
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Neotermes prosonneratiae'' Akhtar, 1975
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Neotermes rainbowi'' (Hill, 1926)
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Neotermes reunionensis'' Paulian, 1957
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Neotermes rhizophorae'' Chakraborty & Maiti, 1994
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Neotermes rouxi'' (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915)
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Neotermes saleierensis'' Kemner, 1932
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Neotermes samoanus'' (Holmgren, 1912)
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Neotermes sanctaecrucis'' (Snyder, 1925)
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Neotermes sarasini'' (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915)
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Neotermes schultzei'' (Holmgren, 1911)
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Neotermes sepulvillus'' (Emerson, 1928)
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Neotermes setifer'' Snyder, 1957
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Neotermes shimogensis'' Thakur, 1975
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Neotermes sinensis'' (Light, 1924)
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Neotermes sjostedti'' (Desneux, 1908)
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Neotermes sonneratiae'' Kemner, 1932
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Neotermes sphenocephalus'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes sugioi'' Yashiro, Takematsu, Ogawa & Matsuura, 2019
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Neotermes superans'' Silvestri, 1928
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Neotermes taishanensis'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes tectonae'' (Dammerman, 1916)
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Neotermes tuberogulus'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes undulatus'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes venkateshwara'' Bose, 1984
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Neotermes voeltzkowi'' (Wasmann, 1897)
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Neotermes wagneri'' (Desneux, 1904)
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Neotermes yunnanensis'' Han & Xu, 1985
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Neotermes zanclus'' Oliveira, 1979
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Neotermes zuluensis'' (Holmgren, 1913)
References
Termite genera
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