Speculitermes sinhalensis
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| Speculitermes sinhalensis Roonwal & Sen-Sarma, 1960
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Speculitermes sinhalensis, is a species of termite of the genus Speculitermes. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It was first found from Vavuniya. They are typical subterranean soil humus feeding termites, which can be found under logs, decaying trees, rocks.[1][2]
References
- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "First record of Speculitermes chadaensis Chatterjee & Thapa, 1964 (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
External links
- Diversity of termites in a young eucalypt plantation in the tropical forests of Kerala, India
- Record of a gregarine (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinida) in the abdomen of the termite Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
- Termites from Garhwal, Uttarakhand (Insecta: Isoptera), with New Distributional Records
- Evolution and Systematic Significance of Wing Micro-sculpturing
- Faunistic studies on termites (Isoptera) of Shivamogga district and evaluation of new insecticides