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Checklist for Family Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 (Subterranean termites)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
433
5239
18576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
249
594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
10
58
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
6
37
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyRhinotermitidae
Froggatt, 1897
Subterranean termites
8
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
8 Genera with 30 Species
Coptotermes Wasmann, 1929Subterranean Termite11SpeciesTaxom
Heterotermes Froggatt, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Parrhinotermes Holmgren, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Prorhinotermes Silvestri, 19313SpeciesTaxom
Reticulitermes Holmgren, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Rhinotermes Hagen, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Schedorhinotermes Silvestri, 19279SpeciesTaxom
Termitogeton Desneux, 18981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
30 Species and 1 Subspecies
Coptotermes amboinensis Kemner, 1931
Coptotermes dobonicus Oshima, 1914
Coptotermes elisae Desneux, 1905Papuan plantation termite
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909Formosan subterranean termite
Coptotermes gambrinus Bourguignon ..., 2011
Coptotermes gestroi Wasmann, 1896Asian subterranean termite
Coptotermes grandiceps Snyder, 1949
Coptotermes obiratus (Hill, 1927)⇒ Coptotermes grandiceps Snyder, 1949
Coptotermes pamuae Snyder, 1925
Coptotermes remotus (Hill, 1927)⇒ Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909
Coptotermes vastator Light, 1929Asian subterranean termite
Heterotermes paradoxus Froggatt, 1898
Heterotermes vagus Hill, 1927
Parrhinotermes barbatus Bourguignon ..., 2011
Parrhinotermes browni Harris, 1958
Prorhinotermes inopinatus Silvestri, 1909
Prorhinotermes ponapensis Oshima, 1917
Prorhinotermes rugifer Kemner, 1931
Reticulitermes speratus speratus Kolbe, 1885
Rhinotermes umbraticus Hill, 1927
Schedorhinotermes brachyceps Kemner, 1931
Schedorhinotermes longirostris Brauer, 1866
Schedorhinotermes malaccensis Holmgren, 1913
Schedorhinotermes robustior Silvestri, 1909
Schedorhinotermes sanctaecrucis Snyder, 1925
Schedorhinotermes seclusus Hill, 1933
Schedorhinotermes solomonensis Snyder, 1925
Schedorhinotermes translucens Haviland, 1898
Schedorhinotermes umbraticus Hill, 1927
Termitogeton planus Haviland, 1898

Subnodes of Rhinotermitidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyCoptotermitinae
Holmgren, 1910
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeterotermitinae
Froggatt, 1897
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyProrhinotermitinae
Quennedy and Deligne, 1975
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRhinotermitinae
Froggatt, 1897
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTermitogetoninae
Holmgren, 1910
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Rhinotermitidae at gbif.org
Rhinotermitidae at gbif.org
Rhinotermitidae at irmng.org
Rhinotermitidae at itis.gov