Glyptotermes ceylonicus
Species of termite
Glyptotermes ceylonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Kalotermitidae |
Genus: | Glyptotermes |
Species: | G. ceylonicus |
Binomial name | |
Glyptotermes ceylonicus Holmgren, 1911 | |
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Glyptotermes ceylonicus, is a species of damp wood termite of the genus Glyptotermes. It is endemic to high elevations Sri Lanka.[1] It is a pest of dead and decaying wood of Hevea, Theobroma, Ficus, and Acacia species.[2]
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- Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp., a new dampwood termite species (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from India