Cryptotermes is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae. It is one of the economically most significant genera of drywood termites.[1]

Cryptotermes
Cryptotermes brevis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Cryptotermes
Banks, 1906
Species
  • About 70, see text

Species

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There are about 70 species.[1] Species include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Casalla, Robin; Scheffrahn, Rudolf & Korb, Judith (2016). "Cryptotermes colombianus a new drywood termite and distribution record of Cryptotermes in Colombia". ZooKeys (596): 39–52. Bibcode:2016ZooK..596...39C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.596.9080. PMC 4926653. PMID 27408575.