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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Drywood and Dampwood Termites (Kalotermitidae) » Drywood Termites (Incisitermes) » Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor)

Species Incisitermes minor - Western Drywood Termite

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Zootermopsis angusticollis ?? - Incisitermes minor Mystery Insect - Incisitermes minor Terminte? - Incisitermes minor What is this ? - Incisitermes minor Termite - Incisitermes minor Found this bug in our house... please tell me it's not a termite... - Incisitermes minor It has wings but I haven’t seen it fly - Incisitermes minor alate - Incisitermes minor
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)
Species minor (Western Drywood Termite)
Other Common Names
Dark Western Drywood Termite
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Calotermes marginipennis minor Hagen, 1858
Kalotermes arizonensis Snyder, 1926
Kalotermes minor Banks and Snyder, 1920
Kalotermes minor varius Snyder, 1926
Explanation of Names
Incisitermes minor Hagen, 1858
Range
w. & sw. US (WA-CA-UT-AZ)(1) + Gulf states(2)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.termite.com
Contributed by v belov on 31 October, 2010 - 8:38pm
Additional contributions by 2R R R
Last updated 7 June, 2019 - 10:40am

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