| Termitidae | |
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| Nanotermes isaacae in Cambay amber. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Nanorder: | Neoisoptera |
| Family: | Termitidae Latreille, 1802 |
| Subfamilies | |
| See text | |
Termitidae is a family of termites whose members are commonly known as the higher termites. They are evolutionarily the most specialised termite group, with their gut having a high capacity to degrade lignocellulose.
The family contains the following subfamilies:[1]
- Termitidae Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily Apicotermitinae Grassé & Noirot, 1954 [1955] (synonym: Indotermitidae Roonwal & Sen Sarma in Roonwal, 1958)
- Subfamily Cubitermitinae Weidner, 1956
- Subfamily Foraminitermitinae Holmgren, 1912 (synonym: Pseudomicrotermitinae Holmgren, 1912)
- Subfamily Macrotermitinae Kemner, 1934, nomen protectum [ICZN 2003] (synonyms: Acanthotermitinae Sjöstedt, 1926, nomen rejiciendum [ICZN 2003]; Odontotermitini Weidner, 1956
- Subfamily Nasutitermitinae Hare, 1937
- Subfamily Sphaerotermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004a
- Subfamily Syntermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004a (synonym: Cornitermitinae Ensaf et al., 2004, nomen nudum)
- Subfamily Termitinae Latreille, 1802 (synonyms: Microcerotermitinae Holmgren, 1910b; Amitermitinae Kemner, 1934 (disputed); Mirocapritermitinae Kemner, 1934; Mirotermitini Weidner, 1956; Capritermitini Weidner, 1956)
References
- ^ Engel, M.S. (2011). "Family-group names for termites (Isoptera), redux". ZooKeys. 148: 171–184. doi:10.3897/zookeys.148.1682. PMC 3264418. PMID 22287896.