Rhinotermitidae

Rhinotermitidae
	Acorhinotermes claritae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Nanorder:	Neoisoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae; Froggatt, 1897
Type genus
	Rhinotermes Hagen, 1858;
Genera
	See text

Rhinotermitidae, sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites represented by genera formerly held within the now historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae.^[1]^[2] The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, which is used to smear threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-Japanese) realms.^[3]

Genera

References

^ Froggatt, Walter W. (1897). "Australian Termitidae. Part II". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 21: 510–552. Bibcode:1897PLSNS..21..510F. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8483. ISSN 0370-047X.
^ Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; et al. (2024-08-07). "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites". Nature Communications. 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11306793. PMID 39112457.
^ Quennedey, André (1975). "The labrum of Schedorhinotermes minor soldier (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): Morphology, innervation and fine-structure". Cell and Tissue Research. 160 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1007/BF00219843. ISSN 0302-766X.

Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Vargo, Edward L. (2020). "Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae)". Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham: Springer International Publishing. p. 1–5. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_120-1. ISBN 978-3-319-90306-4.

External links

Data related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Froggatt, Walter W. (1897). "Australian Termitidae. Part II". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 21: 510–552. Bibcode:1897PLSNS..21..510F. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8483. ISSN 0370-047X.

[2] Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; et al. (2024-08-07). "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites". Nature Communications. 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11306793. PMID 39112457.

[3] Quennedey, André (1975). "The labrum of Schedorhinotermes minor soldier (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): Morphology, innervation and fine-structure". Cell and Tissue Research. 160 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1007/BF00219843. ISSN 0302-766X.

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