Cryptotermes is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae. It is one of the economically most significant genera of drywood termites.
Species
There are about 70 species. Species include:
- Cryptotermes abruptus <small>Scheffrahn and Krecek, 1998</small>
- Cryptotermes bengalensis <small>(Snyder, 1934)</small>
- Cryptotermes brevis <small>(Walker, 1853)</small>
- Cryptotermes cavifrons <small>Banks, 1906</small>
- Cryptotermes ceylonicus <small>Ranaweera, 1962</small>
- Cryptotermes colombianus <small>Casalla et al., 2016</small>
- Cryptotermes cynocephalus <small>Light, 1921</small>
- Cryptotermes domesticus <small>Haviland, 1898</small>
- Cryptotermes dudleyi <small>Banks, 1918</small>
- Cryptotermes fatulus <small>(Light, 1935)</small>
- Cryptotermes havilandi <small>(Sjostedt, 1900)</small>
- Cryptotermes longicollis <small>Banks, 1918</small>
- Cryptotermes mobydicki <small>Scheffrahn RH et al., 2025</small>
- Cryptotermes perforans <small>Kemner, 1932</small>
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