Tribe Philotermitini Seevers, 1957

0656. Pseudophilotermes Bernhauer, 1934c: 511

Type species: Pseudophilotermes bruchi Bernhauer, 1934

Neophilotermes Seevers, 1957: 257 [synonymized by Kistner & Jacobson 1976: 49]

Type species: Philotermes laxicornis Sharp, 1883

5 species are known from and are restricted to Central and South America.

Characters/Description: Seevers 1957: 251 (characters in key); Kistner 1971: 17 (characters, Neophilotermes); Ashe 2002b: 128 (characters in key).

Key: Kistner 1971: 18 ( Neophilotermes); Kistner & Jacobson 1976: 49 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

Central America: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Venezuela, Peru, Argentina.