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]
| Coptotermes emersoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
| Genus: | Coptotermes |
| Species: | C. emersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Coptotermes emersoni Ahmad, 1953
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
edit- Current Status of Coptotermes Wasmann
- http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol67-2014-131-136nguyen.pdf Identification of Vietnamese Coptotermes pest species based on the sequencing of two regions of 16S rRNA gene