Heterotermes ceylonicus

Heterotermes ceylonicus is a species of subterranean termite of the family Rhinotermitidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is a wood destroying termites, which damage to logs, wooden structures of both natural and man-made such as tree stumps of Gravellia and Hevea brasiliensis, and tea plantations. It can be also found in mounds of Hypotermes obscuriceps.[1]

Heterotermes ceylonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Genus: Heterotermes
Species:
H. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Heterotermes ceylonicus
(Holmgren, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Leucotermes ceylonicus Holmgren, 1911

References

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  1. ^ Hemachandra, I.I.; Edirisinghe, J. P.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. & Gunetilleke, C. V. S. (2012). An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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