author(s)
M Suganthy and P Pretheepkumar

abstract
Termite species collected from the infested live trees of Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, India, were identified to be Coptotermes frenchi (Azadirachta indica), Coptotermes formosanus (Swietenia macrophylla), Coptotermes curvignathus (Tamarindus indica), Coptotermes dreghorni (Simarouba glauca), and Reticulitermes flavipes (Pongamia pinnata) under the family, Rhinotermitidae, and, Odontotermes globicola (Chukrasia tabularis), Odontotermes feae (Melia dubia), Odontotermes gurdaspurensis (Dalbergia sissoo), Odontotermes yadevi (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius) and Microcerotermes laxmi (Eucalyptus globulus), under the family, Termitidae, respectively.