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Cryptotermes fatalus (Light, 1935)

drywood termite

Humid forest, in dead bush, and dead branch of live tree; May. Only collected two times.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Isoptera

Family
Kalotermitidae

Genus
Cryptotermes

Species
fatalus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Kalotermes occidentalis

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Bahder B.W. Scheffrahn R.H., Krecek J., Keil C., & Whitney-King S. (2009) Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae) of Ecuador. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 45(4): 529-536.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cryptotermes fatalus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10669. Accessed 5 November 2026.