Rhinotermitidae

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Rhinotermitidae
Acorhinotermes claritae (10.3897-zookeys.891.37523) Figure 2.jpg
Acorhinotermes claritae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Nanorder: Neoisoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Froggatt, 1897
Type genus
Rhinotermes Hagen, 1858
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Rhinotermitidae, sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites represented by genera formerly held within the now historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae. [1] [2] The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, which is used to smear threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-Japanese) realms. [3]

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  1. ↑ Froggatt, Walter W. (1897). "Australian Termitidae. Part II". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 21: 510–552. Bibcode:1897PLSNS..21..510F. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.8483 . ISSN   0370-047X.
  2. ↑ Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; et al. (2024-08-07). "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites". Nature Communications. 15 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y . ISSN   2041-1723. PMC   11306793 . PMID   39112457.
  3. ↑ Quennedey, André (1975). "The labrum of Schedorhinotermes minor soldier (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): Morphology, innervation and fine-structure" . Cell and Tissue Research. 160 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1007/BF00219843. ISSN   0302-766X.
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