Hospitalitermes

Hospitalitermes[1] is an Asian–Papuan genus of lichen eating termite in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae.[2] There are 37 species currently listed. They commonly inhabit cavities inside of living trees excavated by other species of termite. [3]

Hospitalitermes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Nanorder: Neoisoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Genus: Hospitalitermes
Holmgren, 1912

Species

The Termite Catalogue[4] lists the following:

  • Hospitalitermes asahinai
  • Hospitalitermes ataramensis (India, Indo-China)
  • Hospitalitermes bicolor
  • Hospitalitermes birmanicus
  • Hospitalitermes blairi
  • Hospitalitermes brevirostratus
  • Hospitalitermes butteli
  • Hospitalitermes damenglongensis
  • Hospitalitermes diurnus
  • Hospitalitermes ferrugineus
  • Hospitalitermes flaviventris
  • Hospitalitermes flavoantennaris
  • Hospitalitermes grassii
  • Hospitalitermes hospitalis (2 subspp.)
  • Hospitalitermes irianensis
  • Hospitalitermes javanicus
  • Hospitalitermes jepsoni
  • Hospitalitermes jinghongensis
  • Hospitalitermes kali
  • Hospitalitermes krishnai
  • Hospitalitermes lividiceps
  • Hospitalitermes luzonensis
  • Hospitalitermes madrasi
  • Hospitalitermes majusculus
  • Hospitalitermes medioflavus
  • Hospitalitermes moluccanus
  • Hospitalitermes monoceros (Sri Lanka, India)
  • Hospitalitermes nemorosus
  • Hospitalitermes nicobarensis
  • Hospitalitermes papuanus
  • Hospitalitermes paraschmidti
  • Hospitalitermes proflaviventris
  • Hospitalitermes rufus
  • Hospitalitermes schmidti
  • Hospitalitermes seikii
  • Hospitalitermes sharpi
  • Hospitalitermes umbrinus

References
  1. Holmgren (1912) K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., 48, no. 4, 62.
  2. Krishna, Kumar; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Valerie & Engel, Michael S. (2013). "Treatise on the Isoptera of the World. Volume 5. Termitidae (part two)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 377 (5): 1495–1989. doi:10.1206/377.5.
  3. "Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia: Hospitalitermes". Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. Termite Catalogue (retrieved 7 July 2019)
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