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Kalotermitidae
Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The Kalotermitidae are "primitive" in morphology, nesting behavior, and social organization. Unlike other termite species, they have no need to make contact with soil and live exclusively within excavations in wood, lacking elaborate nesting architecture. Drywood termites have an adaptive mechanism for conserving water. Undigested matter in the alimentary canal passes through specialized rectal glands in the hindgut. These glands reabsorb water from the feces. They can tolerate dry conditions for long periods of time, receiving all of the moisture they need from the wood they live in and consume. Their mandibles are also fortified with zinc, as an adaptation to the mechanically difficult food source of dry wood. Their diet of dry wood makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Blattodea (along with cockroaches). Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood eating cockroaches of the genus ''Cryptocercus''. Previous estimates suggested the divergence took place during the Jurassic or Triassic. More recent estimates suggest that they have an origin during the Late Jurassic, with the first fossil records in the Early Cretaceous. About 3,106 species are currently described, with a few hundred more left to be described. Although these insects are often called "white ants", they are not ants, and are not closely related to ants. Like ants and some bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyptotermes
''Glyptotermes'' is a genus of termite in the family Kalotermitidae. With 127 species worldwide as of 2013, is the family's most speciose genus, and the second most speciose in the New World after '' Cryptotermes''. Entomologist Rudolf H. Scheffrahn argued in 2018 that the paucity of ''Glyptotermes'' records from throughout much of the Caribbean Basin and South America was caused by a field sampling bias toward non-kalotermitids. The first records of this genus from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, and much of the Lesser Antilles were provided by Scheffrahn in 2019. ''Glyptotermes'' species have a rather high wood moisture requirement and, therefore, are not found in arid parts of the Neotropics and are likewise, not economically important. Although the imago In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imagin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalotermes
''Kalotermes'' is a genus of 'drywood termites' belonging to the family Kalotermitidae Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The ..., one of the most primitive families of termites. List of species * '' Kalotermes aemulus'' Sewell & Gay, 1978 * '' Kalotermes atratus'' (Hill, 1933) * '' Kalotermes banksiae'' (Hill, 1942) * '' Kalotermes convexus'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Kalotermes flavicollis'' (Fabricius, 1793) * '' Kalotermes hermsi'' Kirby, 1926 * '' Kalotermes hilli'' Emerson in Snyder, 1949 * '' Kalotermes jepsoni'' Kemner, 1932 * '' Kalotermes pallidinotum'' (Hill, 1942) * '' Kalotermes rufinotum'' (Hill, 1925) * '' Kalotermes serrulatus'' Gay, 1977 References BiolibFauna Europaea Termite genera {{termite-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incisitermes
''Incisitermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The .... Species include: * '' Incisitermes arizonensis'' (Snyder, 1926) * '' Incisitermes banksi'' (Snyder, 1920) * '' Incisitermes barretti'' (Gay, 1976) - barretti drywood termite * '' Incisitermes emersoni'' (Light, 1933) * '' Incisitermes fruticavus'' (Rust, 1979) * '' Incisitermes furvus'' (Scheffrahn, 1994)Scheffrahn, R. H. (1994)''Incisitermes furvus'', a new drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from Puerto Rico.''The Florida Entomologist'' 77(3) 365-72. * '' Incisitermes immigrans'' (Snyder, 1922) - lowland tree termite * '' Incisitermes inamurae'' (Oshima, 1912)Li, H., et al. (2009)Redescription of the drywood termite ''Incisitermes inamurae'' (Isoptera: K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcaritermes
Calcaritermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The ... family. Species * '' Calcaritermes colei'' Krishna, 1962 * '' Calcaritermes nearcticus'' (Snyder, 1933) * '' Calcaritermes parvinotus'' (Light, 1933) References Termite genera {{termite-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptotermes Brevis
''Cryptotermes brevis'' is a species of termite in the family Kalotermitidae, commonly known as the West Indian drywood termite or the powderpost termite. It is able to live completely inside timber structures or articles made of wood such as furniture without any outside source of water. It is frequently introduced into new locations inadvertently, and causes damage to the structural timbers of buildings and to wooden objects such as furniture. Description As eusocial insects, West Indian drywood termites build a colonial nest and live inside timbers, creating chambers for rearing larvae and short galleries. They resemble other drywood species in being larger and deeper-bodied than underground-dwelling termites, having shorter limbs and walking more slowly. Apart from the reproductive class, all other members of the colony are blind. They have strong jaws for chewing wood fibre, claws for gripping wooden surfaces and antennae resembling the beads of a necklace strung together. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryptotermes
''Cryptotermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The .... It is one of the economically most significant genera of drywood termites. Species There are about 70 species. Species include: * '' Cryptotermes abruptus'' Scheffrahn and Krecek, 1998 * '' Cryptotermes bengalensis'' (Snyder, 1934) * '' Cryptotermes brevis'' (Walker, 1853) * '' Cryptotermes cavifrons'' Banks, 1906 * '' Cryptotermes ceylonicus'' Ranaweera, 1962 * '' Cryptotermes colombianus'' Casalla et al., 2016 * '' Cryptotermes cynocephalus'' Light, 1921 * '' Cryptotermes domesticus'' Haviland, 1898 * '' Cryptotermes fatulus'' (Light, 1935) * '' Cryptotermes havilandi'' (Sjostedt, 1900) * '' Cryptotermes longicollis'' (Banks, 1918) * '' Cryptotermes dudleyi'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterotermes
Pterotermes is a monotypic genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae. ''Pterotermes occidentis'' is the single species in the genus. This termite lives in the extremely dry conditions found in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern United States, Baja California and Mexico. It feeds on dry wood and lives entirely within a single piece of timber. Description ''Pterotermes occidentis'' is the largest drywood termite found in the deserts of southwestern USA. It is a primitive species of termite and the castes are indistinct. The eggs hatch into nymphs which grow into "pseudergates", which act as workers before developing into either soldiers or winged reproductives. The winged reproductives have large black compound eyes with white eyespots immediately above. The thorax and abdomen are orange and the pronotum is relatively flat and does not curve downwards at the side. The soldiers have a rounded, flat-topped head, large wingbuds, and a massive pronotum with a V-shaped notch at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotermes
Neotermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae family. The genus was first described by Nils Holmgren in 1911 (as a subgenus), and the type species is '' Neotermes castaneus''. Species GBIF lists the following species: *'' Neotermes aburiensis'' Sjöstedt, 1926 *'' Neotermes acceptus'' Mathews, 1977 *'' Neotermes adampurensis'' Akhtar, 1975 *'' Neotermes agilis'' (Sjöstedt, 1902) *'' Neotermes amplilabralis'' Han & Xu, 1985 *'' Neotermes andamanensis'' (Snyder, 1933) *'' Neotermes angustigulus'' Han, 1984 *'' Neotermes araguaensis'' Snyder, 1959 *'' Neotermes aridus'' Wilkinson, 1959 *'' Neotermes arthurimuelleri'' (Rosen, 1912) *'' Neotermes artocarpi'' (Haviland, 1898) *'' Neotermes assamensis'' Saha & Maiti, 2000 *'' Neotermes assmuthi'' (Holmgren, 1913) *'' Neotermes binovatus'' Han, 1984 *'' Neotermes blairi'' Chakraborty & Maiti, 1994 *'' Neotermes bosei'' (Snyder, 1933) *'' Neotermes brachynotum'' Han & Xu, 1985 *'' Neotermes brevinotus'' (Snyder, 1932) *'' Neote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marginitermes
''Marginitermes'' is a genus of termites in the family Kalotermitidae Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites. Kalotermitidae includes 21 genera and 419 species. The family has a cosmopolitan circumtropical distribution, and is found in functionally arid environments. Biology The .... There are at least three described species in ''Marginitermes''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Marginitermes'': * '' Marginitermes absitus'' Scheffrahn & Postle, 2013 * '' Marginitermes cactiphagus'' Myles, 1997 * '' Marginitermes hubbardi'' (Banks in Banks & Snyder, 1920) (light western drywood termite) References Further reading * Termites Articles created by Qbugbot {{termite-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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