Species Zootermopsis laticeps - Arizona Dampwood Termite

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Habitat · Works Cited

Looks like a giant termite - Zootermopsis laticeps

Female, Zootermopsis laticeps? - Zootermopsis laticeps

Male, Zootermopsis laticeps? - Zootermopsis laticeps

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

Superfamily Blattoidea

No Taxon (Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites)

Family Archotermopsidae (Rottenwood Termites)

Genus Zootermopsis (Dampwood termites)

Species laticeps (Arizona Dampwood Termite)

Other Common Names

Wide-headed Rottenwood Termite, Southwestern Rottenwood Termite

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zootermopsis laticeps (Banks 1906)

Habitat

so.NM & AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.	Distribution and biogeography of the North-American termite genus Zootermopsis (Isoptera, Termopsidae) Thorne B.L., Haverty M.I., Page M., Nutting W.L. 1993. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 86: 532-544.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 6 November, 2009 - 10:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Andy - CritterZone
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 6:30pm

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