Type data: lectotype: major soldier (NCIP) Type-locality: South Africa: Natal: Upper Mkuzi Drift below Tshanana Peak
Additional records in the literature:
Snyder 1949: 210 ["Macrotermesbellicosus tonga"]
Ruelle 1970: 398 ["Macrotermesbellicosus tonga"]
Ruelle 1975: 11 ["Macrotermesbellicosus tonga"]
= imago;
= soldier;
= worker
References
Fuller, C. 1927. A termite complex. South African Journal of Natural History 6 (2): 130-142.
Ruelle, J.E. 1970. A revision of the termites of the genus Macrotermes from the Ethiopian region (Isoptera: Termitidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 24 (9): 363-444.
Ruelle, J.E. 1975. Type specimens of Isoptera in the National Collection of Insects, Pretoria. Entomology Memoir, Department of Agricultural and Technical Services (South Africa) 45: 1-22.
Snyder, T.E. 1949. Catalog of termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112 (3953): 1-490.
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= imago;
= soldier;
= worker