Definition of Cryptotermes

1. Noun. Genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cryptotermes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Kalotermitidae, Kalotermitidae
Member holonyms: Cryptotermes Brevis, Powder-post Termite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptotermes

Cryptocercus
Cryptococcus
Cryptocystis trichodectis
Cryptogamia
Cryptogramma
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Cryptogramma crispa
Cryptogrammataceae
Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria japonica
Cryptophyceae
Cryptophyta
Cryptoprocta
Cryptoprocta ferox
Cryptostroma corticale
Cryptotermes (current term)
Cryptotermes brevis
Cryptotis
Cryptotis parva
Crystal
Crèvecœur-le-Grand
Crèvecœur-le-Petit
Cs
Csillag
Csillag's disease
Csk-like protein-tyrosine kinase
Ct.
Ct. of App.
Ctenizidae
Ctenocephalides

Literary usage of Cryptotermes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1906)
"The soldier has the '•pad enlarged in front, with a great cavity on the face, evidently used to close passages of nest. Cryptotermes ..."

2. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"... Shorea ovalis and Shorea spp. contain repellants against Cryptotermes cynocephalus (Said et al. 1982). Ambrosia beetles (pin-hole borers) infest logs ..."

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