Heterotermes ceylonicus
Heterotermes ceylonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
Genus: | Heterotermes |
Species: | R. ceylonicus |
Binomial name | |
Heterotermes ceylonicus (Holmgren, 1911) | |
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Heterotermes ceylonicus, is a species of subterranean termite of the genus Heterotermes. 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 plants and tea plantations. It can be also found in mounds of Hypotermes obscuriceps and Hevea brasiliensis.[1]
References
- ↑ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
- A PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES
- COMPARISON OF TERMITE ASSEMBLAGES IN TWO LOWLAND FOREST TYPES IN THE KNUCKLES REGION
- Termites on Ceylon tea estates.
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