A New Record of Termite <i>Coptotermes emersoni</i> Ahmed

Abstract

The Coptotermes Wasmann (1896), is a highly scattered genus, which is represented by nine species. Coptotermes emersoni Ahmad (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Coptotermitinae) is a species first time reported from Southern Haryana, India, with specimens trapped from banyan tree. Morphometric analysis of soldiers like body length, head length without mandibles, head length with mandibles, body pigmentation, antennae segments, tibial spur, tarsal segments, head width, and body width has been made. These reveals that C. emersoni has crenulations present on each of the mandibles, right mandible with two crenulation and left mandible with five crenulations which make it unique among other species of the genus Coptotermes.

Diversity of Termites from Durgapur Government College Campus, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

“…It takes care of its young, defends itself against predators, and maintains the nest. Out of about 3,000 different species of termites known from the world (they substantially inhabit the tropical and tropical regions), about 300 are known from the Indian region (Bhanupriya et al 2022). Spread over 30 acres of area Durgapur Government College campus is rich in floral and faunal diversity (Garai et al 2013, Mukherjee and Roy 2021, Adhurya et al 2023.…”