Termitidae

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
Subfamiliae: Amitermitinae - Apicotermitinae - Cubitermitinae - Macrotermitinae - Nasutitermitinae - Syntermitinae - Termitinae

Name

Termitidae Latreille, 1802
References

Bourguignon, T. et al. 2010: Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae): redescription of the genus Anoplotermes and description of Longustitermes, gen. nov. Invertebrate systematics, 24(4): 357–370. DOI: 10.1071/IS10012
Constantino, R. 2018. Reexamination of the identity and status of the termite taxa described by Czerwinski (1901) from southern Brazil (Isoptera: Termitidae). Zootaxa 4370(3): 275–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.6 Reference page.
Constantino, R.; Carvalho, S.H.C. 2011: Paracurvitermes, a new genus of Syntermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae). Sociobiology, 57(2): 377–388. [not seen]
Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes [vol. 3].
Westwood J.O. 1840. "An introduction to the modern classification of insects." London. Vol.2.

Vernacular names
latviešu: Termītu dzimta
中文: 白蚁科

Termitidae is a family of termites whose members are commonly known as the higher termites. They are evolutionarily the most specialised termite group, with their gut having a high capacity to degrade lignocellulose.

The family contains the following subfamilies:[1]

Termitidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Apicotermitinae Grassé & Noirot, 1954 [1955] (synonym: Indotermitidae Roonwal & Sen Sarma in Roonwal, 1958)
Subfamily Cubitermitinae Weidner, 1956
Subfamily Foraminitermitinae Holmgren, 1912 (synonym: Pseudomicrotermitinae Holmgren, 1912)
Subfamily Macrotermitinae Kemner, 1934, nomen protectum [ICZN 2003] (synonyms: Acanthotermitinae Sjöstedt, 1926, nomen rejiciendum [ICZN 2003]; Odontotermitini Weidner, 1956
Subfamily Nasutitermitinae Hare, 1937
Subfamily Sphaerotermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004a
Subfamily Syntermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004a (synonym: Cornitermitinae Ensaf et al., 2004, nomen nudum)
Subfamily Termitinae Latreille, 1802 (synonyms: Microcerotermitinae Holmgren, 1910b; Amitermitinae Kemner, 1934 (disputed); Mirocapritermitinae Kemner, 1934; Mirotermitini Weidner, 1956; Capritermitini Weidner, 1956)

References

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.