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Genus Incisitermes - Drywood Termites

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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 Kalotermitidae (Drywood and Dampwood Termites)

Genus Incisitermes (Drywood Termites)

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(1), ~30 spp. total(2)

Range

New World; a few spp. in so./sw. Asia & Australia(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Constantino R. (2002-2012) On-line termite database

Contributed by v belov on 31 October, 2010 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by 2R R R
Last updated 5 February, 2019 - 11:17pm

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