Syntermes

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: Termitidae
Subfamilia: Syntermitinae
Genera: Syntermes

Syntermes spinosus

Syntermes magnoculus

Syntermes grandis

Syntermes is a genus of large, hornless, open foraging Syntermitinae termites belonging to the family Termitidae. The genus is most recognized for the large mounds built from loose soil that some species construct, with some as old as 4,000 years.[1]
Species

Syntermes aculeosus
Syntermes barbatus
Syntermes bolivianus
Syntermes brevimalatus
Syntermes calvus
Syntermes cearensis
Syntermes chaquimayensis
Syntermes crassilabrum
Syntermes dirus
Syntermes grandis
Syntermes insidians
Syntermes longiceps
Syntermes magnoculus
Syntermes molestus
Syntermes nanus
Syntermes obtusus
Syntermes parallelus
Syntermes peruanus
Syntermes praecellens
Syntermes spinosus
Syntermes tanygnathus
Syntermes territus
Syntermes wheeleri

References

"Huge 4,000-year-old termite mounds visible via satellite | EarthSky.org". earthsky.org. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

Termite Catalog
en ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Constantino, R. 1995. Revision of the neotropical genus Syntermes Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(13):455-518.
Emerson, A.E. 1945. The neotropical genus Syntermes (Isoptera: Termitidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 83(7):427-472.
Holmgren, N. 1909. Termitenstudien 1. Anatomische untersuchungen. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 44(3):1-215.
Holmgren, N. 1910a. Das system der termiten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 35:284-286.
Mathews, A.G.A. 1977. Studies on Termites from the Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Río de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 267 pp.