''Coptotermes emersoni'', is a species of subterranean

termite Termites are a group of detritivore, detritophagous Eusociality, eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of Detritus, decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, Plant litter, leaf litter, and Humus, soil humus. They are dist ...

of the genus '' Coptotermes''. It is native to

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, and

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. Though it is a wood destroying termite, it was first found from an electrical wire case in the

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Current Status of Coptotermes Wasmann
*http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol67-2014-131-136nguyen.pdf Identification of Vietnamese Coptotermes pest species based on the sequencing of two regions of 16S rRNA gene {{Taxonbar, from=Q30591868 Termites Insects described in 1953 Insects of Vietnam