Biology:Neotermes jouteli
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Short description: Species of insect
| Neotermes jouteli | |
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| A pair of N. jouteli imagoes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Kalotermitidae |
| Genus: | Neotermes |
| Species: | N. jouteli
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotermes jouteli (Banks in Banks and Snyder, 1920)
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Neotermes jouteli is a species of Neotropical termite in the family Kalotermitidae[1] which is native to South Florida and surrounding West Indian nations.[2] N. jouteli is the largest species of termite in Florida with soldiers reaching a maximum length of 13.35 mm and the winged alates around 16.05 mm.[3]
Identification
The frons (area of head directly above the clypeus) of the imago is deeply depressed with a rugose texture.[3]
References
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Neotermes jouteli". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=623937#null.
- ↑ Su, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn and Nan-Yao (2020-02-05). "Florida Dampwood Termites, Neotermes castaneus (Burmeister), Neotermes jouteli (Banks), and Neotermes luykxi Nickle and Collins (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)" (in English). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in279.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.; Krecek, Jan; Su, Nan-Yao (2000-07-01). [0785:rotdtn2.0.co;2 "Redescriptions of the Dampwood Termites Neotermes jouteli and N. luykxi (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands"]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93 (4): 785–794. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0785:rotdtn2.0.co;2]. ISSN 0013-8746. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0785:rotdtn]2.0.co;2.
Wikidata ☰ Q13582597 entry
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