Glyptotermes ceylonicus
Appearance
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
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Live-Wood Termites of Low Grown Tea and Their Management" (PDF). The Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 February 2017.