Heterotermes ceylonicus
Heterotermes ceylonicus is a species of subterranean termite of the family Rhinotermitidae. 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 and Hevea brasiliensis, and tea plantations. It can be also found in mounds of Hypotermes obscuriceps.[1]
| Heterotermes ceylonicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
| Genus: | Heterotermes |
| Species: | H. ceylonicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterotermes ceylonicus (Holmgren, 1911) | |
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References
- Hemachandra, I.I.; Edirisinghe, J. P.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. & Gunetilleke, C. V. S. (2012). An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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