| Termes | |
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| Wing venation of unnamed Termes reproductive | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Nanorder: | Geoisoptera |
| Family: | Termitidae |
| Subfamily: | Termitinae |
| Genus: | Termes Linnaeus 17581 |
| Type species | |
| Termes fatalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mirotermes Wasmann 18972 | |
Termes is a genus of higher termites in the subfamily Termitinae. The type genus of its family, it has a pantropical distribution and has included other species, now placed in other genera; there are also a number of extinct species.
Species
The Termite Catalogue3 lists the following:
- Termes amaralii
- Termes amicus †
- Termes ayri
- Termes baculi
- Termes baculiformis
- Termes bolivianus
- Termes boultoni
- Termes brevicornis
- Termes buchii †
- Termes capensis
- Termes comis
- Termes croaticus †
- Termes drabatyi †
- Termes fatalis
- Termes hauffi †
- Termes hispaniolae
- Termes hospes
- Termes huayangensis
- Termes korschefskyi †
- Termes laticornis
- Termes major
- Termes marjoriae
- Termes medioculatus
- Termes melindae
- Termes nigritus
- Termes obscurus †
- Termes panamaensis
- Termes primitivus †
- Termes propinquus
- Termes riograndensis
- Termes rostratus
- Termes rutoti †
- Termes scheeri †
- Termes schleipi †
- Termes siruguei †
- Termes splendens
- Termes stitzi †
- Termes weismanni †
References
References
- Linnaeus C (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis synonymis, locis [10th ed. (revised), Vol. 1]. pp. 549, 550, 609, 610. Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii.
- Wasmann E (1897) Termiten von Madagaskar und Ostafrika. (Voeltzkow, Wissenschaftlich).
- Termite Catalogue (retrieved 12 July 2019)