Incisitermes Explained

Incisitermes is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae.

Species include:

• Incisitermes arizonensis (Snyder, 1926)
• Incisitermes banksi (Snyder, 1920)
• Incisitermes barretti (Gay, 1976) - barretti drywood termite
• Incisitermes emersoni (Light, 1933)
• Incisitermes fruticavus (Rust, 1979)
• Incisitermes furvus (Scheffrahn, 1994)^[1]
• Incisitermes immigrans (Snyder, 1922) - lowland tree termite
• Incisitermes inamurae (Oshima, 1912)^[2]
• Incisitermes marginipennis (Latreille, 1811)
• Incisitermes milleri (Emerson, 1943)
• Incisitermes minor (Hagen, 1858) - western drywood termite
• Incisitermes nigritus (Snyder, 1946)
• Incisitermes perparvus (Light, 1933)
• Incisitermes platycephalus (Light, 1933)
• Incisitermes schwarzi (Banks in Banks and Snyder, 1920)
• Incisitermes seeversi (Snyder and Emerson, 1949)
• Incisitermes snyderi (Light, 1933) - light southeastern drywood termite

Notes and References

1. Scheffrahn, R. H. (1994). Incisitermes furvus, a new drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from Puerto Rico. The Florida Entomologist 77(3) 365-72.
2. Li, H., et al. (2009). Redescription of the drywood termite Incisitermes inamurae (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from southern Taiwan. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(5) 759-65.