Cryptotermes dudleyi

The West Indian drywood termite[1] (Cryptotermes dudleyi) is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes. It is native to Java, Indonesia and exotic to Australia, Trinidad and Tobago and Sri Lanka. It is predominantly a house termite found in natural and man-made wooden structures. Thus, this is the most commonest and most devastating drywood pest termite found in the world.[2] It is a larger termite species, with 4.55–7.15 millimetres (3⁄16–9⁄32 in) length in soldiers.

West Indian drywood termite
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Cryptotermes
Species:
C. dudleyi
Binomial name
Cryptotermes dudleyi
Banks, 1918
Synonyms
  • Calotermes (Cryptotermes) jacobsoni Holmgren, 1913 Name suppressed by ICZN 2004 Opinion 2064 (Case 3181)
  • Cryptotermes dudleyi Banks, 1918
  • Planocryptotermes nocens Light, 1921
  • Cryptotermes thompsonae Snyder, 1922
  • Cryptotermes (Planocryptotermes) primus Kemner, 1932
  • Cryptotermes (Planocryptotermes) javanicus Kemner, 1934
  • Cryptotermes melloi Chhotani, 1970 nomen nudum

Description
  • Imago - General body color is tawny brown. Wings are faintly tinged with brown. Sub-triangular eyes are prominent and large. Antennae composed of 15-18 segments.
  • Soldier - Head yellowish brown. Antennae are pale yellow-brown in color. Prominent genal horns.[3]

Castes
  • Primary Reproductives
    Primary Reproductives
  • Pseudergates along with Primary Reproductives
    Workers/Pseudergates
  • A soldier
    Soldier
  • The neotenic reproductive caste (A secondary reproductive caste) of this species. Orange in colour. They were formed in a colony with isolated Pseudergates
    Neotenic Reproductive
  • Eggs
    Eggs

References
  1. "West Indian drywood termite". The State of Queensland (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries). Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. "Cryptotermes dudleyiBanks(Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)". PaDIL. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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