''Cryptotermes'' is a genus of
termite
Termites are a group of detritivore, detritophagous Eusociality, eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of Detritus, decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, Plant litter, leaf litter, and Humus, soil humus. They are dist ...
s in the family
Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae (drywood termites), are a basal family with a roughly cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution. With 21 genera and 419 species, it is the second most diverse termite family after the Termitidae. The majority of members are functio ...
. 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''
(Walker, 1853)
* ''
Cryptotermes cavifrons''
Banks, 1906
* ''
Cryptotermes ceylonicus''
Ranaweera, 1962
* ''
Cryptotermes colombianus''
Casalla et al., 2016
* ''
Cryptotermes cynocephalus''
Light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...
, 1921
* ''
Cryptotermes domesticus''
Haviland, 1898
* ''
Cryptotermes dudleyi''
Banks, 1918
* ''
Cryptotermes fatulus''
(Light
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...
, 1935)
* ''
Cryptotermes havilandi''
(Sjostedt, 1900)
* ''
Cryptotermes longicollis''
Banks, 1918
* ''
Cryptotermes perforans''
Kemner, 1932
References
Termite genera
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