NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Euchilotermes acutidens Silvestri, 1914
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
- Euchilotermes acutidens Silvestri, 1914
- Name authority
- Silvestri, 1914
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Termitidae
- Genus
- Euchilotermes
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderBlattodea Latreille, 1810
- infraorderTermitoidae Latreille, 1802
- parvorderEuisoptera Engel, Grimaldi & Krishna, 2009
- nanorderGeoisoptera Engel, Hellemans & Bourguignon, 2024
- familyTermitidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyCubitermitinae Weidner, 1956
- genusEuchilotermes Silvestri, 1914
- speciesEuchilotermes acutidens Silvestri, 1914
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mirotermes (Euchilotermes) acutidens (Silvestri, 1914) (Silvestri, 1914) | synonym |
| Euchilotermes tensus subsp. acutidens Silvestri, 1914 Silvestri, 1914 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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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.
- Silvestri, F. (1914a) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Termitidi e Termitofili dell’Africa occidentale. I. Termitidi. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d’Agricoltura in Portici, 9, 1–146. [in Italian] 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:3BSTZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.