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: Termopsidae
Subfamiliae: Termopsinae - Porotermitinae - Stolotermitinae
Name
Termopsidae Holmgren, 1911
Vernacular names
English: Dampwood termite
日本語: オオシロアリ科
中文: 原白蚁科
Termopsidae is an extinct family of termites in the order Blattodea. The five extant genera formerly included in Termopsidae (Archotermopsis, Hodotermopsis, Porotermes, Stolotermes, and Zootermopsis) have recently been treated as part of the newer family Archotermopsidae, leaving only extinct taxa in Termopsidae.[1][2]
Several prehistoric genera are placed herein, known only from fossils. Since only a small part of the erstwhile diversity of dampwood termites survives, it is rather difficult to assign these to subfamilies. Several seem to represent very ancient members of the family; they may be quite basal Termopsidae, so it is indeed unwarranted to place them into a subfamily at all.
Genus Asiatermes (Early Cretaceous of China)
Genus Huaxiatermes (Early Cretaceous of China)
Genus Mesotermopsis (Early Cretaceous of China)
Genus Cretatermes (Late Cretaceous of Labrador, Canada)
Genus Lutetiatermes (Late Cretaceous of France)
Genus Paleotermopsis (Late Oligocene of France)
Genus Parotermes (Oligocene of Colorado, USA)
Genus Valditermes – provisionally placed here
Nomenclature
The group was originally described as a subfamily, Termopsinae, by Nils Holmgren in 1911, and was raised to the taxonomic rank of family by Pierre-Paul Grassé in 1949.[3]
References
Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A.; Krishna, K. (2009). "Termites (Isoptera): their phylogeny, classification, and rise to ecological dominance". American Museum Novitates. 3650: 1–27.
Constantino, Reginaldo (2016). "Termite Database".
UNESCO (1962). Termites in the humid tropics: proceedings of the New Delhi symposium, Volume 1960. Humid tropics research. p. 35.
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