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Rubber termite

Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren, 1913

Status not recordedinsects

The rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus) is a species in the family Heterotermitidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Quick facts about the rubber termite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the rubber termite live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The rubber termite is listed for 2 countries.

IndonesiaMalaysia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Indonesia
  2. Malaysia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the rubber termite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rubber termite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyHeterotermitidae
  6. genusCoptotermes
  7. SpeciesCoptotermes curvignathus Holmgren, 1913

Synonyms Coptotermes flavicephalus, Coptotermes robustus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Rubber subterranean termiteEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rubber termite

Other species in the same genus Coptotermes.

Milk termite

Coptotermes lacteus

HeterotermitidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the rubber termite live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the rubber termite for 2 countries: Indonesia and Malaysia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the rubber termite?

The rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus) belongs to the family Heterotermitidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rubber-termite

MLA

“Rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rubber-termite.

BibTeX
@misc{rubber_termite_2026,
  title = {Rubber termite (Coptotermes curvignathus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rubber-termite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}