Stolotermitidae is a family of termites in the order
Blattodea
Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically ...
, with two extant genera formerly placed in the family
Termopsidae
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 tre ...
. There are about 14 described species in Stolotermitidae.
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Genera
GBIF[ and the ''Termite Catalogue''Termite Catalogue (retrieved 22 July 2019)]
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* '' Porotermes'' Hagen, 1858
* '' Stolotermes'' Hagen, 1858
* † '' Chilgatermes'' Engel, Pan & Jacobs, 2013
References
Further reading
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External links
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Termites
Blattodea families