Heterotermes ceylonicus

Heterotermes ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae
Genus:	Heterotermes
Species:	H. ceylonicus
Binomial name
	Heterotermes ceylonicus; (Holmgren, 1911)
Synonyms
	Leucotermes ceylonicus Holmgren, 1911;

Heterotermes ceylonicus is a species of subterranean termite of the family Rhinotermitidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is a wood destroying termites, which damage to logs, wooden structures of both natural and man-made such as tree stumps of Gravellia and Hevea brasiliensis, and tea plantations. It can be also found in mounds of Hypotermes obscuriceps.^[1]

References

^ Hemachandra, I.I.; Edirisinghe, J. P.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. & Gunetilleke, C. V. S. (2012). An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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[1] Hemachandra, I.I.; Edirisinghe, J. P.; Karunaratne, W. A. I. P. & Gunetilleke, C. V. S. (2012). An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka. National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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