Nasutitermitinae

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Nasutitermitinae
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Hospitalitermes sp
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Hare [1]
Genera

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The Nasutitermitinae is a cosmopolitan subfamily of higher termites that includes more than 80 genera. [2] The highly derived soldier caste exhibits vestigial mandibles and a protruding fontanellar process on the head, known as the nasus, from which they can "shoot" chemical weaponry. Notable genera include the notorious wood-eating Nasutitermes, and the conspicuous Hospitalitermes and Constrictotermes, both distinguished for their brazen habit of forming extensive foraging trails exposed to the open.

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Genera

The Termite Catalogue [3] lists the following:

References

  1. Hare L (1937). Termite phylogeny as evidenced by soldier mandible development. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 37(3): 459–486.
  2. Engel, M.S. (2011). "Family-group names for termites (Isoptera), redux". ZooKeys (148): 171–184. Bibcode:2011ZooK..148..171E. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1682 . PMC   3264418 . PMID   22287896.
  3. Termite Catalogue (retrieved 7 July 2019)
  4. Constantino R, Acioli ANS (2009). Ngauratermes arue, new genus and species of nasute termite (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Amazon. Zootaxa, 2239: 22-30. Abstract & excerpt