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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Higher Termites (Termitidae) » Gnathamitermes » Long-jawed Desert Termites (Gnathamitermes perplexus)

Species Gnathamitermes perplexus - Long-jawed Desert Termites

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Termite - Gnathamitermes perplexus Long-jawed Desert Termites - Gnathamitermes perplexus Long-jawed Desert Termites - Gnathamitermes perplexus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blattoidea
No Taxon (Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites)
Family Termitidae (Higher Termites)
Genus Gnathamitermes
Species perplexus (Long-jawed Desert Termites)
Size
Reproductives: body 8 mm, with wings 14-15 mm
Identification
see(1)
Range
sw. US & Mexico(2)
Works Cited
1.Arizona termites of economic importance
By P.B. Baker, R.J. Marchosky, Jr., A.J. Yelich
2.On-line termite database, by R. Constantino
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 9 October, 2006 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2011 - 10:22am

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