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Coptotermes emersoni

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Coptotermes emersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Blattodea
Infraorder:
Isoptera
Family:
Rhinotermitidae
Genus:
Coptotermes
Species:
C. emersoni
Binomial name
Coptotermes emersoni
Ahmad, 1953

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

based on the sequencing of two regions of 16S rRNA gene

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