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Definition of Cryptotermes
1. Noun. Genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Kalotermitidae, Kalotermitidae
Member holonyms: Cryptotermes Brevis, Powder-post Termite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptotermes
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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