| Cryptotermes | |
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| Cryptotermes brevis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Kalotermitidae |
| Genus: | Cryptotermes Banks, 1906 |
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Cryptotermes is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae. 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, 1921
- Cryptotermes domesticus Haviland, 1898
- Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918
- Cryptotermes fatulus (Light, 1935)
- Cryptotermes havilandi (Sjostedt, 1900)
- Cryptotermes longicollis Banks, 1918
- Cryptotermes perforans Kemner, 1932
References
- ^ Casalla, Robin; Scheffrahn, Rudolf & Korb, Judith (2016). "Cryptotermes colombianus a new drywood termite and distribution record of Cryptotermes in Colombia". ZooKeys (596): 39–52. Bibcode:2016ZooK..596...39C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.596.9080. PMC 4926653. PMID 27408575.
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