Calcaritermes

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Calcaritermes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Calcaritermes
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Calcaritermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae family. [1]

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References

  1. Scheffrahn, Rudolf (2011-11-21). "Distribution, diversity, mesonotal morphology, gallery architecture, and queen physogastry of the termite genus Calcaritermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)". ZooKeys (148): 41–53. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1505 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3264417 . PMID   22287890.