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Species Heterotermes aureus - Desert Subterranean Termite

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 Heterotermitidae (Subterranean Termites)

Genus Heterotermes

Species aureus (Desert Subterranean Termite)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Reticulitermes aureus Snyder, 1920

Reticulitermes humilis hoferi Banks, 1920

Leucotermes aureus Snyder, 1924

Heterotermes intermedius Light, 1933

Explanation of Names

Heterotermes aureus Snyder, 1920

Contributed by Zhao J on 3 April, 2022 - 10:12pm
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 10:01pm

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