Termopsidae (lat.) Is a small and primitive family of termites . About 20 species.
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 Soldier Porotermes adamsoni | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Termopsidae Holmgren , 1911 |
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Description
The uterus is not as fertile as some of the other termites, and no more than 30 eggs are laid per day. Colonies are relatively few, about 10,000 individuals. They can cause little damage to wood and human buildings, but not as much as other groups of termites, for example, compared with the termites Kalotermitidae .
Classification
3 or 4 genera and about 13-20 species are distinguished. However, the position of the genus Stolotermes is somewhat controversial in the composition of Termopsidae and requires confirmation by new studies. Perhaps it is somewhat closer to families such as Rhinotermitidae or Termitidae . Its status in the rank of an independent family is also possible, just as the genus Serritermes was isolated.
- Subfamily Termopsinae
- Genus Archotermopsis (1 species)
- Genus Hodotermopsis (6 species)
- Genus Zootermopsis [2] (3 species)
- Subfamily Porotermitinae
- Genus Porotermes (3 species)
- The subfamily Stolotermitinae is debatable. In 2009, it was separated into a separate family of Stolotermitidae (Engel, Grimaldi, Krishna, 2009). [3]
- Genus Stolotermes (7 species)
Paleontology
Several fossil genera presumably (due to poor preservation) belong to this termite family.
- Genus Asiatermes ( Cretaceous , PRC )
- Genus Huaxiatermes (Cretaceous, PRC)
- Genus Mesotermopsis (Cretaceous, PRC)
- Genus Cretatermes (Cretaceous, Labrador, Canada )
- Genus Lutetiatermes (Cretaceous, France )
- Genus Paleotermopsis (Cretaceous, France)
- Genus Parotermes ( Oligocene , Colorado, USA )
- Genus Valditermes - debatable
- Valditermes acutipennis (Cretaceous, Mongolia)
- Valditermes brenanae (Cretaceous, England)
Notes
- ↑ Engel Michael S. Family-group names for termites (Isoptera), redux (English) // ZooKeys . - 2011. - Vol. 148 . - P. 171–184 .
- ↑ Thorne, BL, MI Haverty, M. Page, and WL Nutting. Distribution and biogeography of the North American termite genus Zootermopsis (Isoptera, Termopsidae) // Annals of the Entomological Society of America . - Genova, 1993. - T. 86 , No. 5 . - S. 532-544 .
- ↑ Engel Michael, David A. Grimaldi and Kumar Krishna. Termites (Isoptera): Their Phylogeny, Classification, and Rise to Ecological Dominance // American Museum Novitates. - 2009 .-- T. 3650 . - S. 1–27 .
Literature
- Broughton, RE Mitochondrial DNA variation within and among species of termites in the genus Zootermopsis (Isoptera, Termopsidae) // Annals of the Entomological Society of America . - 1995. - T. 88 , No. 2 . - S. 120–128 .
- Engel, MS and K. Krishna. Comment on the proposed conservation of prevailing usage of Termopsidae Holmgren, 1911, Termopsis Heer, 1849 and Miotermes Rosen, 1913 (Insecta, Isoptera) // Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. - 2004. - T. 61 , No. 3 . - S. 169–170 .
Links
- Termopsidae (English) . Tree of Life. Date of treatment March 18, 2011. Archived on April 19, 2012.