| Full name: |
Isoptera Species File |
| Short name: |
SF Isoptera |
| Version: |
Jan 2018 |
| Release date: |
2018-01-18 |
| Authors/editors: |
South E.J. after Krishna K., Grimaldi D.A., Krishna V. & Engel M.S. |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Blattodea - (infraorder Isoptera) - Archeorhinotermitidae, Archotermopsidae, Cratomastotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, Kalotermitidae, Krausichnidae, Mastotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Serritermitidae, Stolotermitidae, Stylotermitidae, Termitidae, Termopsidae |
| English name of the group: |
Termites |
|
Number of living species |
2,919 |
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Number of living infraspecific taxa |
60 |
| Number of extinct species: |
144 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
| Number of synonyms: |
1,171 |
| Number of common names: |
0 |
| Total number of names: |
4,294 |
| Abstract: |
Isoptera Species File is a digital global checklist of extant and fossil termite species. The list of valid names is derived from seven volumes of Treatise on the Isoptera of the World by Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D. A., Krishna, V., and M. S. Engel (2013) published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 377: 1-2704. doi: 10.1206/377.1. Future versions of the database will include synonyms, references, and distribution data. |
| Organization: |
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign IL, USA |
| Website: |
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| Bibliographic citation: |
South E.J. after Krishna K., Grimaldi D.A., Krishna V. & Engel M.S. (2019). SF Isoptera: Isoptera Species File (version Jan 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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