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Pterotermes  Holmgren, 1911
Taxonomic Serial No.: 623933

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderBlattodea  – cockroaches, termites  
                                  SuperfamilyBlattoidea   
                                     FamilyKalotermitidae Froggart, 1897 – dampwood termites, drywood termites  
                                        GenusPterotermes Holmgren, 1911  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Pterotermes occidentis (Walker, 1853)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Timothy G. Myles  
  Notes: Director, Urban Entomology Program, Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2G8, CANADA   
  Reference for: Pterotermes    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Online Termite Database - 27-Oct-2004, website (version Feb-2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Currently updated by Dr. R. Constantino, and available at http://www.unb.br/ib/zoo/docente/constant/catal/catnew.html or via http://www.unb.br/ib/zoo/docente/constant/catal/cat.htm   
  Reference for: Pterotermes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cancello, E., and T. Myles  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Isoptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 295-315   
  Publisher: Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, CONABIO, BAYER   
  Publication Place: Mexico   
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  Reference for: Pterotermes   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Endemic to Nearctic Zone  
 

 

    

 
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