NEW TERMITES FROM INDIA 



By Thomas E. Snyder 



Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agricultui'C 



Recently. Cedric Dover, of the Forest Research Institute, Dehra 

 Dun, United Provinces, India, gave me the opportunity of examining 

 a small collection of termites from India. The present paper is 

 based on this material together with a few other termites which had 

 previously been sent to me by other officials at Dehra Dun. In it 

 hitherto unknown castes, as well as new species, are described. 



The Indomalayan termite fauna shows the greatest affinity with 

 that of the Ethiopian region; the next closest affinity is with the 

 neotropical region. Next to the Ethiopian, the Indomalayan region 

 has the greatest number of genera and subgenera, but next to the 

 Ethiopian, the neotropical region has the greatest number of species. 



Table 1 presents a comparison of the known termite fauna of 

 India and of Ceylon and shows that the family Kalotermitidae is but 

 poorly represented in India. This difference is regarded as more 

 apparent than real, and more collecting of these less conspicuous 

 termites will undoubtedly reveal new species. The termites that 

 build mounds and carton-tree or ground nests always receive first 

 attention. 



Table 1. — Comparison of known termite fauna of India and of Ceylon 



' Includes species not yet described. 

 2 11 occur also in Ceylon. 



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