Coptotermes emersoni
Appearance
Coptotermes emersoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
Genus: | Coptotermes |
Species: | C. emersoni
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Binomial name | |
Coptotermes emersoni Ahmad, 1953
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Coptotermes emersoni, is a species of subterranean termite of the genus Coptotermes. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.[1] Though it is a wood destroying termite, it was first found from an electrical wire case in the National Museum of Colombo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Applying molecular technology to identify termite species of the genus Coptotermes in the Hanoi Old Quarter" (PDF). Proceedings of the 10th Pacific-Termite Research Group Conference. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Current Status of Coptotermes Wasmann
- http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol67-2014-131-136nguyen.pdf Identification of Vietnamese Coptotermes pest species based on the sequencing of two regions of 16S rRNA gene