Termite Catalog

Termite Database

Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen, 1858)

Termes (Termes) gilvus Hagen, 1858: 148-151, 240 []

Type data: lectotype: imago (RIB)
Type-locality: Indonesia: Java: Bogor

Additional records in the literature:

Hagen 1858: 21 ["Termes (Termes) gilvus"] []
Hagen 1858a: 142 ["Termes dives", misidentification]
Hagen 1860: 105 ["Termes gilvus"]
Hagen 1889: 204, 206-208 ["Termes gilvus"]
Haviland 1898: 383 ["Termes gilvus"]
Desneux 1904: 37 ["Termes (Termes) gilvus"]
Handlirsch 1906: pl. 2: fig. 22 ["Termes gilvus"]
Holmgren 1911: 552 ["Termes gilvus"]
Holmgren 1912: 29 ["Termes (Macrotermes) gilvus"]
Bugnion 1913: 172 ["Termes (Macrotermes) gilvus"]
Holmgren 1913: 98-100, pl. 3: figs. 9-11 ["Termes (Macrotermes) gilvus"] []
Holmgren 1913a: 17-18, pl. 3: figs. 1, 2 ["Termes gilvus"]
Holmgren 1914: 243 ["Termes (Macrotermes) gilvus"]
Desneux 1915: 8 ["Termes gilvus"]
Light 1921: 251 ["Termes gilvus"]
John 1925: 385, pl. 16: fig. 5, pl. 18: fig. 10, pl. 19: fig. 11 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Silvestri 1926: 3-18, figs. 1-8 ["Termes gilvus"]
Bathellier 1927: 141-144 ["Termes (Macrotermes) gilvus"]
Pongrácz 1928: fig.10e ["Termes gilvus"]
Light 1930: 20 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Light 1931: 594 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kemner 1933: 24-25 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] []
Kemner 1934: 24, 70, 71, 72, 187, figs. 9a-b, pls. 4-7 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Light 1934: fig. 32 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Weyer 1935: 648-672 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Wheeler 1936: 214, 219, 224 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Light 1937: 16 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Stella 1939: 259 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kalshoven 1941: 32-34, figs. 3, 4 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Grassé 1949: figs. 138, 144 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Snyder 1949: 211 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Grassé & Noirot 1951: 330, 331, fig. 17 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal & Pant 1953: 52 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kalshoven 1955: 313-321, pls. 1, 2 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Noirot 1955: 535-536 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kalshoven 1956: 269-272 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kalshoven 1956a: 455-461 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Harris 1957: 25, 27, 29, figs. 1j, 2h ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Ahmad 1958: 92, 94, 96 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Noirot 1959: 179-184, pls. 1, 2 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Harris 1961: 36, 74, 85, 98, 106, 157, 160 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Mathur & Thapa 1962: 54 ["Macrotermes gilvus gilvus"]
Snyder & Francia 1962: 64, 65, 69, 75 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Ruelle 1964: 58 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Ahmad 1965: 30-31, 32, 33, 109, figs. 25-27 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Krishna 1965: 2, 20-21 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal & Maiti 1966: 72, 102, 105 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] []
Harris 1968: 149 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal 1970: 357-358, fig. 4 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Kovoor 1971: 55, 58, fig. 18 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Morimoto 1973: 67, 78 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Maschwitz & Tho 1974: 231-234 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Sen-Sarma 1974: 439, 459 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Morimoto 1975: 17, fig. 35 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Morimoto 1975a: 57, fig. 29 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal 1975: 46 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Morimoto 1976: 323 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal 1977: 34 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Tho 1978: 16-23 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Abe 1979: 127, 132 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Chhotani & Bose 1979: 22, 24 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Prestwich 1979: 469 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Roonwal et al. 1980: 153 ["Macrotermes gilvus gilvus"]
Sen-Sarma 1982: 142-146 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Thapa 1982: 237-245, pls. 81-82 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Maiti 1983: 19, 25, 91-92, fig. 29 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] []
Abe 1984: 70 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Collins 1984: 68, 71 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Prestwich 1984: table 1 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Salick & Tho 1984: 547-561 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Thakur 1984: 53 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Watanabe et al. 1984: 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, figs. 1, 3 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Chhotani 1987: 411 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Jones et al. 1988: 115-116 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Thakur & Thakur 1992: 268-273, figs. 20, 21 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Tho 1992: 127, 200, figs. 52C, 53C ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Maiti & Saha 1993: 513, 520 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Schaedla 1996: 53-60 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Abe et al. 1997: 107-123 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Chhotani 1997: 412-417, figs. 198-202 ["Macrotermes gilvus"] [] [fig:]
Sugimoto et al. 1997: 219 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Eggleton et al. 1998: 119-128 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Jones & Brendell 1998: 79-91 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Sands 1998: 92, 344, 203 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Eggleton et al. 1999: 1795, table 1 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Homathevi & Bignell 1999: 124, table 1 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Jeeva et al. 1999: 11-17 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Gathorne-Hardy et al. 2000: 258 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Gathorne-Hardy et al. 2000a: 350 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Inoue et al. 2001: 41-52 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Ahmad & Akhtar 2002: 26 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Homathevi et al. 2002: 234, table 1 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Jones & Prasetyo 2002: 121, table 1 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Klangkaew et al. 2002: 485-493 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Tayasu et al. 2002: 355-361 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Hyodo et al. 2003: 186-193 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Johjima et al. 2003: 815-824 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Yamada et al. 2003: 569-585 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Acda 2004: 159-168 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Acda 2004a: 169-177 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Gathorne-Hardy 2004: 117 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Ohkuma et al. 2004: 701-710 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Sornnuwat et al. 2004: 362 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Yamada et al. 2005: 453-460 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Hongoh et al. 2006: 505-516 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Yamada et al. 2006: 76 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]
Neoh & Lee 2009: 1091-1098 ["Macrotermes gilvus"]

= imago;

= soldier;

= worker

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