Hospitalitermes

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Hospitalitermes
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Hospitalitermes sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Nanorder: Neoisoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae
Genus: Hospitalitermes
Holmgren, 1912

Hospitalitermes[1] is an Asian–Papuan genus of lichen eating termite in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae.[2] There are 37 species currently listed. They commonly inhabit cavities inside of living trees excavated by other species of termite. [3]

Description[]

The length of the workers and soldiers is about 5 mm. As with other genera in the subfamily, soldiers have a nasal tube from which, in case of danger, they shoot terpene-based repellents. They are one of the few species and genera of termites (Hospitalitermes, along with and ) that forage in large columns in the open air. In the species Hospitalitermes hospitalis, the width of the columns is 20-30 mm (up to 8 termites in a row), they move away from the nest by an average of 29 m (up to 65 m), visiting neighboring trees and collecting lichens, mosses, fungi and other microepiphytes. One foraging expedition can involve up to 0.5 million individuals of one termite mound. It is also one of the few termites (together with and ) that use living vascular plants (most termites feed on dead plants).[4][5].

Species[]

The Termite Catalogue[6] lists the following:

References[]

  1. ^ Holmgren (1912) K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., 48, no. 4, 62.
  2. ^ Krishna, Kumar; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Valerie & Engel, Michael S. (2013). "Treatise on the Isoptera of the World. Volume 5. Termitidae (part two)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 377 (5): 1495–1989. doi:10.1206/377.5.
  3. ^ "Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia: Hospitalitermes". Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. ^ Syaukani, Tompson GJ, Yamane S (2011) Hospitalitermes krishnai, a new nasute termite (Nasutitermitinae, Termitidae, Isoptera), from southern Sumatra, Indonesia. In: Engel MS (Ed) Contributions Celebrating Kumar Krishna. — ZooKeys 148: 161—169. [10.3897/zookeys.148.1768 DOI]
  5. ^ "Hospitalitermes hospitalis (processional termite)". The Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  6. ^ Termite Catalogue (7 July 2019)

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