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Amitermitinae

Subfamily of termites

Summary

Subfamily of termites

  • Amitermes
  • Dentispicotermes
  • Drepanotermes
  • Eremotermes
  • Globitermes
  • Gnathamitermes
  • Hoplotermes
  • Incolitermes
  • Invasitermes
  • Orthognathotermes
  • Prohamitermes
  • Pseudhamitermes
  • Synhamitermes

Amitermitinae is a diverse subfamily of termites in the family Termitidae. The subfamily was revived as a valid taxon by Hellemans et al., 2024, and is represented by 14 genera and 194 species. http://164.41.140.9/catal/statistics.php?filtro=extant

Termite Catalogue by Termitologist Reginaldo Constantino, Universidade de Brasília. The subfamily is cosmopolitan, occurring across every tropical biogeographic realm. Species have diverse feeding strategies, with some feeding on the substrate found in mounds and soil, while others feed on grasses and wood through soil-wood interface feeding.

References

References

  1. "Isoptera Species File - Amitermitinae Kemner, 1934".
  2. Hellemans, Simon. (2024-08-07). "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites". Nature Communications.
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