Termitinae is a diverse subfamily of higher termites represented by 23 genera and 104 species.[2][3] Similarly to Amitermitinae, the group feeds on a number of diverse substrates; wood, soil, and leaf litter.[4] Some are inquilines of other termite species, such as members of the genus Inquilinitermes.[5] The group has a wide distribution, found from the Afrotropical, Australasian, Neotropical to the Oceania and Indomalayan realms.[4]
Genera
- Apsenterotermes
- Capritermes
- Cavitermes
- Cornicapritermes
- Cristatitermes
- Dihoplotermes
- Divinotermes
- Ekphysotermes
- Ephelotermes
- Hapsidotermes
- Hesperotermes
- Inquilinitermes
- Lophotermes
- Macrognathotermes
- Palmitermes
- Paracapritermes
- Protocapritermes
- Quasitermes
- Saxatilitermes
- Spinitermes
- Termes
- Tuberculitermes
- Xylochomitermes
References
- ^ En BioLib
- ^ http://164.41.140.9/catal/statistics.php?filtro=extant Termite Catalogue by Termitologist Reginaldo Constantino, Universidade de Brasília
- ^ “Isoptera Species File – Termitinae Latreille, 1802”. isoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ a b Hellemans, Simon; Rocha, Mauricio M.; Wang, Menglin; Romero Arias, Johanna; Aanen, Duur K.; Bagnères, Anne-Geneviève; Buček, Aleš; Carrijo, Tiago F.; Chouvenc, Thomas; Cuezzo, Carolina; Constantini, Joice P.; Constantino, Reginaldo; Dedeine, Franck; Deligne, Jean; Eggleton, Paul (7 August 2024). “Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites”. Nature Communications. 15 (1): 6724. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 11306793.
- ^ Barbosa-Silva, Ana Márcia; Farias, Maria Arlene Araújo; Mello, Antônio Paulino de; Souza, Anne Evelline Franco de; Garcia, Hugo Henrique Mendez; Bezerra-Gusmão, Maria Avany (1 April 2016). “Lignocellulosic fungi in nests and food content of Constrictotermes cyphergaster and Inquilinitermes fur (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the semiarid region of Brazil”. Fungal Ecology. 20: 75–78. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2015.11.002. ISSN 1754-5048.