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Cryptotermes

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Noun1.Cryptotermes - genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes
genus Cryptotermes
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Kalotermitidae, Kalotermitidae - primitive termites of warm regions
Cryptotermes brevis, powder-post termite - extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions
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The research team led by CSIRO entomologist Dr Theodore Evans has found the drywood termite, Cryptotermes secundus can locate the deadly Coptotermes acinaciformis through the sound of the vibrations it makes while chewing.
'Wimpy' drywood termites eavesdrop to avoid aggressive cousins by Asian News International
Lab colonies of the termite Cryptotermes secundus (worker shown) started acting as if their queen were dead when researchers disabled her Neofem2 gene, Judith Korb of the University of Osnabruck in Germany and her colleagues report in the May 8 Science.
Queen gene controls mob by Milius, Susan / Science News
To test his hunch, he and his colleagues offered big and small pine blocks to a common tropical dry-wood species of termite, Cryptotermes domesticus.
Picky-eater termites choose good vibes by Science News
 
 
 
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