Termite Database

Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Macrotermes subhyalinus (Rambur, 1842)

Termes tumulicola Sjöstedt, 1899: 34 [imagosoldierworker]

Type data: syntypes: major soldier (AMNH); soldier, worker (NHMM); imago, soldier, worker (NHRM); imago (ZMH)
Type-locality: Benin: Grand Popo

Additional records in the literature:


imago = imago;  soldier = soldier;   worker = worker

References

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