The Dry Wood Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) of South Africa

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Family: KALOTERMITIDAE

  1. Genus: BIFIDITERMES Krishna 1961
    1. B. durbanensis (Haviland)

      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal

    2. B. sibayiensis (Coaton)

      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Northern Province; Zimbabwe


  2. Genus: EPICALOTERMES Silvestri 1918
    1. E. mkuzii (Coaton)
      ** mkuzii Coaton
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Northwest Province;

    2. E. munroi (Coaton)
      ** munroi Coaton
      Northern Cape;


  3. Genus: CRYPTOTERMES Banks, 1906
    1. C. brevis (Walker)
      Termes brevis Walker 1853: 524
      = Cryptotermes pseudobrevis Fuller 1921: 30
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (introduced).
    2. C. merwei Fuller
      Cryptotermes merwei Fuller 1921: 9
      KwaZulu-Natal;

    3. C. naudei Coaton
      Cryptotermes naudei Coaton

    4. C. havilandi (Sjöstedt)
      Calotermes domesticus Sjöstedt 1897: 202 (nom. preocc.)
      Calotermes havilandi Sjöstedt 1900: 43
      = Cryptotermes lamanianus Sjöstedt 1926: 28
      = Cryptotermes naudei Coaton 1950: 24
      KwaZulu-Natal, waziland, Mpumalanga and Northern Province;


  4. Genus: KALOTERMES Hagen 1853
    1. K. capicola Coaton
      Kalotermes capicola Coaton
      Western Cape

    2. K. umtatae (Coaton)
      ** umtatae Coaton
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal


  5. Genus: NEOTERMES Holmgren 1911
    1. N. zuluensis (Holmgren)
      ** zuluensis Holmgren
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, to Zimbabwe and Namibia




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