Cryptotermes dudleyi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Isoptera

Familia: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Cryptotermes
Species: Cryptotermes dudleyi

The West Indian drywood termite,[1] (Cryptotermes dudleyi), is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes. It is native to Indonesia, Java and exotic to Australia, Trinidad and Tobago and Sri Lanka. It is predominantly a house termite found in natural and man-made wooden structures. Thus, this is the most commonest and most devastating drywood pest termite found in the world.[2] It is a larger termite species, with 4.55–7.15 millimetres (3⁄16–9⁄32 in) length in soldiers.

Description

Imago - General body color is tawny brown. Wings are faintly tinged with brown. Sub-triangular eyes are prominent and large. Antennae composed of 15-18 segments.

Soldier - Head yellowish brown. Antennae are pale yellow-brown in color. Prominent genal horns.[3]

References

"West Indian drywood termite". The State of Queensland (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries). Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
"An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
"Cryptotermes dudleyiBanks(Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)". PaDIL. Retrieved 14 February 2017. Banks, 1918
Published in: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 38(17): 660