Psammotermitidae

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Psammotermitidae
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Psammotermes allocerus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Psammotermitidae
Hellemans et al., 2024
Subfamilies

The Psammotermitidae are a family of termites that regrouped the subfamilies Psammotermitinae and Prorhinotermitinae, which were formerly nested within Rhinotermitidae. [1] [2] The subfamilies are monogeneric and represented by their respective genera, Psammotermes and Prorhinotermes . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Isoptera Species File - Prorhinotermitinae Quennedey & Deligne, 1975". isoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  2. ↑ Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviè"Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites". Nature Communications. 15 (1): 6724. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y. ISSN   2041-1723.


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