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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Higher Termites (Termitidae) » Tenuirostritermes

Genus Tenuirostritermes

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Termitidae (Higher Termites)
Genus Tenuirostritermes
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 4 spp. total(1)
Range
so. US to Honduras(1)
Remarks
a member of the subfamily Nasutitermitinae (3 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~600 spp. in >80 genera worldwide)(1)
Works Cited
1.Constantino R. (2002-2012) On-line termite database
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 19 November, 2009 - 12:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2011 - 10:32am

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