Termes fatale, Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius : 609-610

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https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3914621

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scientific name

Termes fatale
status

spec. nov.

Termes fatale   ZBK [ spec. nov.]

T. luteum; alterius maxillis longitudine antennarum.

Habitat in Indiae utriusque umbrosis, aperto a�ri invisum, fornices cylindricos progrediendo inaedificans, maxillis longis altissime resiliens; Nidos e sabulo, sinubus daedaleis in tophum struens. Destruit utensilia omnia, utriusque Indiae calamitas summa: domos, naves, cibaria, vestimenta, ex animalibus & vegetabilibus singula quaeque, relicta sola superficie integra; calce viva co�rcendum, de quo Rolander & peregrinatores plurima.

Alteri (Feminae forte) Corpus magintudine T. pulsatorii. Caput corneum, laeve, oblongo subtetragonum, luteum. Antennae vix thorace longiores. Maxillae corneae, laeves, nigrae, subulatae, subarcuatae, porrectae, longitudine antennarum. Abdomen oblongum, subcylindricum, albicans.

Alterum (sexu tantum diversum, Rolander) simile praecedenti, sed absque maxillis magnis porrectis. Caput suborbiculatum, flavescens. Maxillae brevissimae. Antennae filiformes, corpore dimidio breviores. Abdomen ovatum, albidum.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Isoptera

Family

Termitidae

Genus

Termes

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