Cryptotermes
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- About 70, see text
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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
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