Psammotermitidae

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

Psammotermitidae are a family of termites consisting of the regrouped 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 7 May 2025.
  2. Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Buček, Aleš; Carrijo, Tiago F.; Chouvenc, Thomas; Cuezzo, Carolina; Constantini, Joice P.; Constantino, Reginaldo; Dedeine, Franck; Deligne, Jean; Eggleton, Paul (7 August 2024). "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. PMC   11306793 .