Termite Database

Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Macrotermes falciger (Gerstäcker, 1891)

Termes swaziae Fuller, 1915: 462-466 [soldierworker]

Type data: lectotype: imago (NCIP)
Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal: Tzaneen

Additional records in the literature:


imago = imago;  soldier = soldier;   worker = worker

References

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