Biology:Heterotermitidae
Heterotermitidae, or the Subterranean termites, is a family of termites that was elevated to family level from the subfamily Heterotermitinae, formerly nested in Rhinotermitidae.[1][2] Recent cladistic analyses as of 2024 position Heterotermitidae as sister to the Termitidae, forming the clade Geoisoptera.[1] This family includes the most economically significant termites, Reticulitermes, Heterotermes, and especially Coptotermes with C. formosanus in particular costing an estimated >$2.2 billion in annual damages within the United States alone.[3] They primarily feed through the soil-wood interface, foraging for food through the soil and mud tubes.[4] The nests of most species are typically diffuse subterranean galleries and tunnels, however Coptotermes is known to build more complex centralized nests built from carton, with some species building mounds.[5][6]
Genera
- Reticulitermes
- Heterotermes
- Coptotermes
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Buček, Aleš; Carrijo, Tiago F. et al. (2024-08-07). "Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites" (in en). Nature Communications 15 (1): 6724. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11306793. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51028-y.
- ↑ Froggatt, W.W. (1897a) Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 22, 510-552.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Corey J. A.; Leroy, Boris; Bellard, Céline; Roiz, David; Albert, Céline; Fournier, Alice; Barbet-Massin, Morgane; Salles, Jean-Michel et al. (2016-10-04). "Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects" (in en). Nature Communications 7 (1). doi:10.1038/ncomms12986. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5059451. https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12986.
- ↑ Tayasu, I.; Abe, T.; Eggleton, P.; Bignell, D. E. (1997). "Nitrogen and carbon isotope ratios in termites: an indicator of trophic habit along the gradient from wood-feeding to soil-feeding" (in en). Ecological Entomology 22 (3): 343–351. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00070.x. ISSN 1365-2311. https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00070.x.
- ↑ Hadlington, Phillip W. (1996) (in en). Australian Termites and Other Common Timber Pests. UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-399-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=U6V0PDvczngC&dq=Coptotermes+lacteus&pg=PA58.
- ↑ Relph, Andrew Elbe; Kylar McCann; Raquel. "Coptotermes formosanus" (in en). https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Coptotermes_formosanus/#:~:text=Habitat,Su,%202006).
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