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Cryptotermes pingyangensis He & Xia, 1983

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cryptotermes pingyangensis He & Xia, 1983
Name authority
He & Xia, 1983
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Blattodea
Family
Kalotermitidae
Genus
Cryptotermes
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderBlattodea Latreille, 1810
  7. infraorderTermitoidae Latreille, 1802
  8. parvorderEuisoptera Engel, Grimaldi & Krishna, 2009
  9. familyKalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
  10. genusCryptotermes Banks, 1906
  11. speciesCryptotermes pingyangensis He & Xia, 1983

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cryptotermes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cryptotermes abruptus Scheffrahn & Křeček, 1998KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes angustinotus Gao & Peng, 1983KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes austrinus Gay & Watson, 1982KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes canalensis (Holmgren & Holmgren, 1915)KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks, 1906KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes chacoensis Roisin, 2003KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes cristatus Gay & Watson, 1982KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes cryptognathus Scheffrahn & Křeček, 1999KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light, 1921KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes darwini (Light, 1935)KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cryptotermes daulti Rathore, 1994KalotermitidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 37 records assigned to Kalotermitidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

CHS-ZJ

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. He, X.-S. & Xia, K.-L. (1983) Two new species of termites from Zhejiang Province, China (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae and Termitidae). Contributions from the Shanghai Institute of Entomology, 3, 185–192. [in Chinese] Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3232P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.