Stylotermes
Dry-adapted species.
[Look at Thakur & Sens-Sarma, E. ECON JHA]
Termite Classification
Stylotermes
Unranked:
Stylotermes
Stylotermes
Thakur & Sen-Sarma (1994) record Stylotermes bengalensis as a serious pest of Oaks in the Bhowali region of India, with up to 70% of stock severely riddled with galleries and holes, making charcoal manufacture unprofitable.
Stylotermes
Wood feeder. Chaudry & Ahmad (1972), Akhtar (1975) record it as a rare termite attacking dead wood in a living tree at a height of c. 1 m above the ground. The termite had constructed a network of longitudinal irregular galleries within the dead wood.
