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Psammotermes Prohybostoma
''Psammotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found living in subterranean nests in arid parts of Africa. Distribution and habitat ''Psammotermes'' is found in deserts and arid regions of Africa, in sand or eroded areas, but not heavy clay or alluvial soils. It is the termite genus best adapted for desert life and replaces ''Anacanthotermes'' in the driest areas. In is to be found in places with some vegetation or even where there is none, where it is believed to subsist on wind blown accumulations of organic detritus. It can live on buried timber, perhaps relics of a previous era when the climate was wetter. Behaviour ''Psammotermes'' colonies are underground nests consisting of chambers and narrow galleries that they excavate themselves, although they have been known to inhabit the disused nests of ''Amitermes'', '' Baucaliotermes'' and ''Trinervitermes''. They are generalist feeders and consume anything including animal dung, roadside litter (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodotermes Mossambicus
''Hodotermes'' (from Greek ὁδός (hodós), travelling; Latin '' termes'', woodworm) is a genus of African harvester termites in the Hodotermitidae. They range from Palaearctic North Africa, through the East African savannas to the karroid regions of southern Africa. As with harvester termites in general, they have serrated inner edges to their mandibles, and all castes have functional compound eyes. They forage for grass at night and during the day, and their pigmented workers are often observed outside the nest. Nests They nest by excavating in the soil, and the diffuse subterranean system of ''H. mossambicus'' may contain several spherical hives which may be 60 cm in diameter. They are interconnected by galleries and are located from near the surface to more than 6 m deep. Loose particles of excavated soil are brought to the surface and dumped at various points around the nest. Diet The diet of ''H. mossambicus'' consists primarily of ripe and/or frost- or drou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammotermes Senegalensis
''Psammotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found living in subterranean nests in arid parts of Africa. Distribution and habitat ''Psammotermes'' is found in deserts and arid regions of Africa, in sand or eroded areas, but not heavy clay or alluvial soils. It is the termite genus best adapted for desert life and replaces ''Anacanthotermes'' in the driest areas. In is to be found in places with some vegetation or even where there is none, where it is believed to subsist on wind blown accumulations of organic detritus. It can live on buried timber, perhaps relics of a previous era when the climate was wetter. Behaviour ''Psammotermes'' colonies are underground nests consisting of chambers and narrow galleries that they excavate themselves, although they have been known to inhabit the disused nests of ''Amitermes'', '' Baucaliotermes'' and ''Trinervitermes''. They are generalist feeders and consume anything including animal dung, roadside litter (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammotermes Rajasthanicus
''Psammotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found living in subterranean nests in arid parts of Africa. Distribution and habitat ''Psammotermes'' is found in deserts and arid regions of Africa, in sand or eroded areas, but not heavy clay or alluvial soils. It is the termite genus best adapted for desert life and replaces ''Anacanthotermes'' in the driest areas. In is to be found in places with some vegetation or even where there is none, where it is believed to subsist on wind blown accumulations of organic detritus. It can live on buried timber, perhaps relics of a previous era when the climate was wetter. Behaviour ''Psammotermes'' colonies are underground nests consisting of chambers and narrow galleries that they excavate themselves, although they have been known to inhabit the disused nests of ''Amitermes'', '' Baucaliotermes'' and ''Trinervitermes''. They are generalist feeders and consume anything including animal dung, roadside litter (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammotermes Prohybostoma
''Psammotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found living in subterranean nests in arid parts of Africa. Distribution and habitat ''Psammotermes'' is found in deserts and arid regions of Africa, in sand or eroded areas, but not heavy clay or alluvial soils. It is the termite genus best adapted for desert life and replaces ''Anacanthotermes'' in the driest areas. In is to be found in places with some vegetation or even where there is none, where it is believed to subsist on wind blown accumulations of organic detritus. It can live on buried timber, perhaps relics of a previous era when the climate was wetter. Behaviour ''Psammotermes'' colonies are underground nests consisting of chambers and narrow galleries that they excavate themselves, although they have been known to inhabit the disused nests of ''Amitermes'', '' Baucaliotermes'' and ''Trinervitermes''. They are generalist feeders and consume anything including animal dung, roadside litter (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammotermes Hybostoma
''Psammotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found living in subterranean nests in arid parts of Africa. Distribution and habitat ''Psammotermes'' is found in deserts and arid regions of Africa, in sand or eroded areas, but not heavy clay or alluvial soils. It is the termite genus best adapted for desert life and replaces ''Anacanthotermes'' in the driest areas. In is to be found in places with some vegetation or even where there is none, where it is believed to subsist on wind blown accumulations of organic detritus. It can live on buried timber, perhaps relics of a previous era when the climate was wetter. Behaviour ''Psammotermes'' colonies are underground nests consisting of chambers and narrow galleries that they excavate themselves, although they have been known to inhabit the disused nests of ''Amitermes'', '' Baucaliotermes'' and ''Trinervitermes''. They are generalist feeders and consume anything including animal dung, roadside litter (ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammotermes Allocerus
''Psammotermes allocerus'' Silvestri, 1908 is a sand termite Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattode ... that lives in the deserts of Namibia and neighboring countries. They were thought to be responsible for the creation of fairy circles, until that theory was disproven in 2013. ''Psammotermes'' is essentially a desert-dwelling termite, and seems to replace ''Anacanthotermes'' in drier areas. Well-adapted to very dry conditions, it may be found in areas where there is little evidence of other arthropods. The species even inhabits areas where there are no vegetation: in those cases, it is thought to survive on the wind blown accumulation of organic debris. It is also found in the dry regions of the southern African interior that are almost devoid of soil. Coaton & Sheasby ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microhodotermes Viator
''Microhodotermes'' is a genus of southern African harvester termites in the Hodotermitidae. As with harvester termites in general, they have serrated inner edges to their mandibles, and all castes have functional compound eyes. Species of this genus are desert specialists of the Namib, Kalahari and Karoo, where their ranges overlap with ''Hodotermes''. They forage at night and during daylight hours, and their pigmented workers are often observed outside the nest. The workers of '' M. viator'' collect mostly woody material, with ''Pteronia'' and vygie species being favoured. Colonies of ''M. viator'' produce initially small, conical mounds on soil with sufficient clay content. These are speculated to cause the formation of increasingly large heuweltjies. Widespread foraging and burrowing activity of aardvark The aardvark ( ; ''Orycteropus afer'') is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinervitermes
''Trinervitermes'' is a termite genus belonging to family Termitidae. Members are native to the Old World. They inhabit grasslands and store grass in their nests or mounds, just below the ground surface. Their grass-collecting activities are mainly nocturnal. The soldier caste has atrophied mandibles and a fontanelle squirt gun on the frons. Diterpenes and monoterpenes are released to deter ants and smaller predators, but these are not effective against larger mammalian predators. Due to the snout on the head of soldiers and their grass-collecting habits, they are known as snouted harvester termites. Species Species include: * ''Trinervitermes biformis'' (Wasmann, 1902) – India and Sri Lanka * ''Trinervitermes dispar'' (Sjöstedt) – East Africa to South Africa * ''Trinervitermes rapulum'' (Sjöstedt) – East Africa to southern Africa * ''Trinervitermes rhodesiensis '' (Sjöstedt) – East Africa to southern Africa * '' Trinervitermes trinervoides'' (Sjöstedt, 1911) – South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amitermes
''Amitermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. It is the second largest genus after '' Microcerotermes'' in the subfamily Amitermitinae with around one hundred species. Species are found in a range of habitats including deserts and rainforests. Characteristics of ''Amitermes'' soldiers include a bulbous head, sickle-shaped mandibles with a single tooth on their inner margins and cephalic glands on the front of their heads. Species About one hundred species including the following species listed by the Encyclopedia of Life: *'' Amitermes beaumonti'' Banks, 1918 *'' Amitermes coachellae'' Light, 1930 *'' Amitermes conformis'' *'' Amitermes cryptodon'' Light, 1930 *'' Amitermes darwini'' *'' Amitermes dentatus'' *'' Amitermes emersoni'' Light, 1930 *'' Amitermes ensifer'' Light, 1930 *'' Amitermes eucalypti'' *'' Amitermes evuncifer'' *'' Amitermes floridensis'' Scheffrahn, Su and Mangold, 1989 *'' Amitermes germanus'' *'' Amitermes hastatus'' *'' Amitermes heterogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
