Nasutitermitinae
Natusitermes coniger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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] They are most recognisable by the more highly derived soldier caste which exhibits vestigial mandibles and a protruding fontanellar process on the head from which they can "shoot" chemical weaponry. True workers of certain genera within this subfamily also exhibit a visible epicranial y suture, most notably found within the members of Nasutitermes. Notable genera include the notorious wood-eating Nasutitermes, and the conspicuous Hospitalitermes and Constrictotermes, both genera characterized by their behavior of forming large open-air foraging trails.

Genera

The Termite Catalogue[3] lists the following:

  • Aciculioiditermes
  • Aciculitermes
  • Afrosubulitermes
  • Agnathotermes
  • Ahmaditermes
  • Ampoulitermes
  • Angularitermes
  • Anhangatermes
  • Antillitermes
  • Araujotermes
  • Arcotermes
  • Atlantitermes
  • Australitermes
  • Baucaliotermes
  • Bulbitermes
  • Caetetermes
  • Caribitermes
  • Ceylonitermellus
  • Ceylonitermes
  • Coarctotermes
  • Coatitermes
  • Coendutermes
  • Constrictotermes
  • Convexitermes
  • Cortaritermes
  • Cucurbitermes
  • Cyranotermes
  • Diversitermes
  • Diwaitermes
  • Eleanoritermes
  • Emersonitermes
  • Enetotermes
  • Ereymatermes
  • Eutermellus
  • Fulleritermes
  • Grallatotermes
  • Havilanditermes
  • Hirtitermes
  • Hospitalitermes
  • Kaudernitermes
  • Lacessititermes
  • Leptomyxotermes
  • Leucopitermes
  • Longipeditermes
  • Macrosubulitermes
  • Malagasitermes
  • Malaysiotermes
  • Mimeutermes
  • Mironasutitermes
  • Mycterotermes
  • Nasopilotermes
  • Nasutitermes
  • Ngauratermes [4]
  • Niuginitermes
  • Obtusitermes
  • Occasitermes
  • Occultitermes
  • Oriensubulitermes
  • Paraconvexitermes
  • Parvitermes
  • Periaciculitermes
  • Peribulbitermes
  • Postsubulitermes
  • Rhadinotermes
  • Roonwalitermes
  • Rotunditermes
  • Rounditermes
  • Sinonasutitermes
  • Sinqasapatermes
  • Snootitermes
  • Spatulitermes
  • Subulioiditermes
  • Subulitermes
  • Tarditermes
  • Tenuirostritermes
  • Thailanditermes
  • Triangularitermes
  • Trinervitermes
  • Tumulitermes
  • Velocitermes
  • Verrucositermes
  • Xiaitermes

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. 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

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