Cryptotermes mobydicki
| Cryptotermes mobydicki | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Kalotermitidae |
| Genus: | Cryptotermes |
| Species: | C. mobydicki
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptotermes mobydicki Rudolf H. Scheffrahn et al 2025
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Cryptotermes mobydicki is a species of termite of the genus Cryptotermes in the family Kalotermitidae (drywood termites) discovered in French Guiana (South America). The species is named after Moby Dick, the giant sperm whale from the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, due to the similarity of the shape of their heads.