The first publication of the monograph of
termites of Thailand by Holmgren (1913) reported
only 5 species, Bifiditermes indicus (Holmgren),
Glyptotermes domesticus (Havilandi),
Coptotermes havilandi (Holmgren), Macrotermes
carbonarius (Hagen) and Odontotermes
formosanus (Shiraki). Macrotermes annandalei
was later on added to termite list of Thailand
(Snyder, 1949). Ahmad (1965) published excellent
monograph described 74 species of termites
belonging to 29 genera which had been used as
reference key literature until now. Morimoto (1973
listed 90 species in his manuscript on termite from
Thailand. Forty-eight species reported were the
results of the survey made by him and his
colleagues. Intanai (1987) reported 25 species
from rubber plantation of Chanthaburi and Trat
provinces. From records mentioned altogether up
to 92 species of termite have been recorded from
Thailand.