Termites from Garhwal, Uttarakhand (Insecta: Isoptera), with New Distributional Records

Abstract

Fourty species of termites belonging to four families (Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Stylotermitidae and Termitidae) and 13 genera (Neotermes, Coptotermes, Stylotermes, Speculitermes, Euhamitermes, Microcerotermes, Angulitermes, Dicuspiditermes, Pericapritermes, Odontotermes, Microtermes and Nasutitermes) are reported here from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Eleven species are reported first time from Garhwal as new distributional records : Stylotermes faveolus (Chatterjee and Thakur); Speculitermes sinhalensis Roonwal and Sen-Sarma; Microcerotermes cameroni Snyder; Angulitermes tilaki Roonwal and Chhotani; Dicuspiditermes obtusus (Silvestri); Odontotermes bellahunisensis Holmgren and Holmgren; O. brunneus (Hagen); O. indicus Thakur; O. latiguloides Roonwal and Verma; O. redemani (Wasmann); O. wallonensis (Wasmann).