Rhinotermitidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Isoptera

Familia: Rhinotermitidae
Subfamiliae (7): Coptotermitinae - Heterotermitinae - Prorhinoterminae - Psammotermitinae - Rhinotermitinae - Stylotermitinae - Termitogetoninae

Name

Rhinotermitidae Light, 1921

References
Primary references

Light, S.F. 1921: Notes on Philippine termites, II. Philippine journal of science, 19(1): 23–63. BHL

Additional references

Austin, J.W.; Szalanski, A.L.; Cabrera, B.J. 2004: Phylogenetic analysis of the subterranean termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) by using the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97(3): 548–555. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0548:PAOTST]2.0.CO;2 PDF

Vernacular names
latviešu: Pazemes termītu dzimta
中文: 鼻白蚁科

Rhinotermitidae is a family of termites (Isoptera). They feed on wood and can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures. About 345 species are recognized, among these are severe pests such as Coptotermes formosanus, Coptotermes gestroi, and Reticulitermes flavipes.

Subfamilies and Genera

The Termite Catalogue[1] list the following:
Coptotermitinae

Auth.: Holmgren, 1910

Coptotermes

Heterotermitinae

Auth.: Froggatt, 1897 (synonym Leucotermitinae Holmgren, 1910a)

Heterotermes
Reticulitermes
Tsaitermes

Prorhinotermitinae

Auth.: Quennedey & Deligne, 1975

Prorhinotermes

Psammotermitinae

Auth.: Holmgren, 1911 (Note: Holmgren included this taxon in "family Mesotermitidae")