Odontotermes escherichi
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Termitidae |
Genus: | Odontotermes |
Species: | O. escherichi
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Binomial name | |
Odontotermes escherichi Holmgren, 1911
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Odontotermes escherichi, is a small species of termite of the genus Odontotermes. It is native to India, Sri Lanka and Peninsular Malaysia.[1] It attacks many dead, tree stems and decaying logs.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Cheng, Shawn; Kirton, Laurence G.; Panandam, Jothi M.; Siraj, Siti S.; Ng, Kevin Kit-Siong; Tan, Soon-Guan (2011). "Evidence for a Higher Number of Species of Odontotermes (Isoptera) than Currently Known from Peninsular Malaysia from Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenies". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20992. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620992C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020992. PMC 3110805. PMID 21687629.
- ^ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.