Rhinotermitidae

Rhinotermitidae
Reticulitermes banyulensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Nanorder:	Neoisoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
Subfamilies
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Rhinotermitidae is a family of termites (Isoptera). They feed on wood and can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures. About 345 species are recognized, among these are severe pests such as Coptotermes formosanus, Coptotermes gestroi, and Reticulitermes flavipes.

Subfamilies and Genera[]

WikiSpecies and the Termite Catalogue^[1] list the following:

Coptotermitinae[]

Auth.: Holmgren, 1910

• Coptotermes

Heterotermitinae[]

Auth.: Froggatt, 1897 (synonym Leucotermitinae Holmgren, 1910a)

• Heterotermes
• Reticulitermes

[]

Auth.: Quennedey & Deligne, 1975

• Prorhinotermes

Psammotermitinae[]

Auth.: Holmgren, 1911 (Note: Holmgren included this taxon in "family Mesotermitidae")

• Psammotermes

Rhinotermitinae[]

Auth.: Froggatt, 1897

• Rhinotermes
• Schedorhinotermes

[]

Auth.: Holmgren & Holmgren, 1917

[]

Auth.: Holmgren, 1910

incertae sedis[]

• †Zophotermes

References[]

External links[]

• Data related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikispecies
• Media related to Rhinotermitidae at Wikimedia Commons