Family Termopsidae - Rottenwood termites

Classification · Numbers · Remarks

Pacific Dampwood Termite - Zootermopsis angusticollis

Another Zootermopsis Nymph? - Zootermopsis

dampwood termite soldier - Zootermopsis laticeps

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)

No Taxon (Isoptera (Termites))

Family Termopsidae (Rottenwood termites)

Numbers

Three North American species according to Nomina Insecta Nearctica, all in Zootermopsis.

Remarks

Nomina Insecta Nearctica incorrectly lists this family as Hodotermitidae. The Hodotermitidae are the "harvester termites" and are not found in North America. This name is also given in place of Termopsidae in the Peterson field guide to insects. Grasse (1986) split out 3 the 5 subfamilies that comprised the Hodotermitidae into Termopsidae, with the other 2 subfamilies retained in the Hodotermitidae.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 September, 2006 - 3:58pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 10:20pm

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