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Syntermes
Syntermes is a genus of large Neotropical higher termites within the subfamily Syntermitinae. The genus is found only in South America where members are distributed widely throughout the continent, being found from the tropical rainforests of Colombia to the savannas of Brazil and Northern Argentina.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Syntermes molestus
speciesSyntermes molestus
Syntermes nanus
speciesSyntermes nanus
Syntermes dirus
speciesSyntermes dirus
Syntermes aculeosus
speciesSyntermes aculeosus
Syntermes praecellens
speciesSyntermes praecellens
Syntermes spinosus
speciesSyntermes spinosus
Syntermes grandis
speciesSyntermes grandis
Syntermes obtusus
speciesSyntermes obtusus
Syntermes territus
speciesSyntermes territus
Syntermes barbatus
speciesSyntermes barbatus
Syntermes parallelus
speciesSyntermes parallelus
Syntermes wheeleri
speciesSyntermes wheeleri
Syntermes brevimalatus
speciesSyntermes brevimalatus
Syntermes bolivianus
speciesSyntermes bolivianus
Syntermes cearensis
speciesSyntermes cearensis
Syntermes silvestri
speciesSyntermes silvestri
Syntermes calvus
speciesSyntermes calvus
Syntermes chaquimayensis
speciesSyntermes chaquimayensis
Syntermes crassilabrum
speciesSyntermes crassilabrum
Syntermes insidians
speciesSyntermes insidians
Syntermes longiceps
speciesSyntermes longiceps
Syntermes magnoculus
speciesSyntermes magnoculus
Syntermes peruanus
speciesSyntermes peruanus
Syntermes tanygnathus
speciesSyntermes tanygnathus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 548075.