| Rhinotermitidae | |
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| Reticulitermes banyulensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Nanorder: | Neoisoptera |
| Family: | Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Rhinotermitidae is a family of termites (Isoptera). They feed on wood and can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures. About 345 species are recognized, among these are severe pests such as Coptotermes formosanus, Coptotermes gestroi, and Reticulitermes flavipes.
Subfamilies and Genera
WikiSpecies and the Termite Catalogue[1] list the following:
Coptotermitinae
Auth.: Holmgren, 1910
- Coptotermes
Heterotermitinae
Auth.: Froggatt, 1897 (synonym Leucotermitinae Holmgren, 1910a)
- Heterotermes
- Reticulitermes
- Tsaitermes
Prorhinotermitinae
Auth.: Quennedey & Deligne, 1975
- Prorhinotermes
Psammotermitinae
Auth.: Holmgren, 1911 (Note: Holmgren included this taxon in "family Mesotermitidae")
- Psammotermes
Rhinotermitinae
Auth.: Froggatt, 1897
- Acorhinotermes
- Dolichorhinotermes
- Macrorhinotermes
- Parrhinotermes
- Rhinotermes
- Schedorhinotermes
Stylotermitinae
Auth.: Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917
- Stylotermes
Termitogetoninae
Auth.: Holmgren, 1910
- Termitogeton
incertae sedis
- †Zophotermes
References
External links
Data related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikimedia Commons
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