Termitoidae

Coptotermes formosanus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Supercohort: Polyneoptera
Cohort: Dictyoptera
Ordo: Blattodea
Superfamilia: Blattoidea
Epifamilia: Termitoidae
Familiae (12): Archotermopsidae – Hodotermitidae – Kalotermitidae – Mastotermitidae – Rhinotermitidae – Serritermitidae – Stolotermitidae – Stylotermitidae – Termitidae – Termopsidae – †Archeorhinotermitidae – †Cratomastotermitidae
[source: Engel, Grimaldi & Krishna (2009: 10, table 3)]
Genera incertae sedis: †Idanotermes

Name

Termitoidae Latreille, 1802

Synonyms

• Isoptera Brullé, 1832 [order]

References

Primary references

• Brullé, G.A. 1832. Expédition Scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. Partie 1. Zoologie. Deuxième Section - Des Animaux Articulés 1–192.
• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii 13–467 [ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beccaloni, G.W. & Eggleton, P. 2011. Order Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882. Pp 199-200 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 
• Beccaloni, G. & Eggleton, P. 2013. Order Blattodea. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2013. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa 3703(1): 46–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.10 . Reference page. 
• Constantino, R. 2002. An illustrated key to Neotropical termite genera (Insecta: Isoptera) based primarily on soldiers. Zootaxa 67(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.67.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S. 2008: Two new termites in Baltic amber (Isoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 81(3): 194–203.
• Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A. & Krishna, K. 2007. A synopsis of Baltic amber termites (Isoptera). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (B), (372) PDF.
• Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A. & Krishna, K. 2009. Termites (Isoptera): their phylogeny, classification, and rise to ecological dominance.] American Museum novitates (3650) DOI: 10.1206/651.1 hdl: 2246/5969
• Engel, M.S. & Krishna, K. 2004. Family-group names for termites (Isoptera).] American Museum novitates, (3432) DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)432<0001:FNFTI>2.0.CO;2 hdl: 2246/2797
• Gay, F.J. 1976. Isoptera of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand entomologist 6: 149–153. PDF.
• Inward, D., Beccaloni, G. & Eggleton, P. 2007. Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches. Biology Letters 3(3): 331–335. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0102 . Reference page. 
• Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A. Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. 2013. Treatise on the Isoptera of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377: 1–2704. hdl: 2246/6430 Reference page. 
• Lo, N., Engel, M.S., Cameron, S., Nalepa, C.A., Tokuda, G., Grimaldi, D., Kitade, O., Krishna, K., Klass, K.-D., Maekawa, K., Miura, T. & Thompson, G.J. 2007. Save Isoptera: a comment on Inward et al. Biology Letters 3(5): 562–563. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0264 . Reference page. 

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Isoptera. Termites. Online. Version 01 January 2003 (temporary)] in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Termites (Isoptera) of the World. A list of valid termite species. University of Toronto. Online.
• Constantino, R. Catalog of the Living Termites of the New World. On-line Termite Database. Universidade de Brasília. Online.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Termite
العربية: أرضه
অসমীয়া: উঁইপৰুৱা
беларуская: Тэрміты
български: Термити
বাংলা: উই পোকা
čeština: Termiti
Deutsch: Termiten
English: Termites
español: Termita
suomi: Termiitit
Nordfriisk: Termiiten
français: Termites
עברית: טרמיטאים
hrvatski: Istokrilci (Termiti)
magyar: Termeszek
հայերեն: Նույնաթևներ
Bahasa Indonesia: Rayap
日本語: シロアリ目 (等翅目)
Jawa: Laron
한국어: 흰개미목 (등시목)
Nederlands: Termieten
Diné bizaad: Tsinaʼayąʼii
polski: Termity
português: Cupim
русский: Термиты
slovenčina: Termity
српски / srpski: Термити
Kiswahili: Mchwa
தமிழ்: கறையான்
Türkçe: Termitler
українська: Терміти
中文: 等翅目

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