Ceylonitermes

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Ceylonitermes is a genus of termites in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae.[1][2] They are found in South and Southeast Asia.[1]

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Ceylonitermes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Genus: Ceylonitermes
Holmgren, 1912
Type species
Eutermes escherichi
Holmgren, 1911
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Species

There are two species:[1]

  • Ceylonitermes escherichi (Holmgren, 1911) – Sri Lanka
  • Ceylonitermes indicola Thakur, 1976 – India (Kerala), Indonesia (Sumatra)

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