Rhinotermitidae

Rhinotermitidae
	Acorhinotermes claritae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Nanorder:	Neoisoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae; Froggatt, 1897
Type genus
	Rhinotermes Hagen, 1858;
Genera
	Acorhinotermes; Dolichorhinotermes; Macrorhinotermes; Parrhinotermes; Rhinotermes; Schedorhinotermes; †Zophotermes; †Lukotermes;

Rhinotermitidae, sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites represented by genera formerly held within the now historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae.^[1]^[2] The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, which is used to smear threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-Japanese) realms.^[3]

References

^ Froggatt, W.W. (1897a) Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 22, 510-552.
^ 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 (2024-08-07). "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.
^ Quennedey, André (1975-06-01). "The labrum of Schedorhinotermes minor soldier (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)". Cell and Tissue Research. 160 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1007/BF00219843. ISSN 1432-0878.

Anne-Geneviève Bagnères, Edward Vargo. Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae). Encyclopedia of Social Insects, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–5, 2019, ff10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_120-1ff. ffhal-02383262f

External links

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

[1] Froggatt, W.W. (1897a) Australian Termitidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 22, 510-552.

[2] 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 (2024-08-07). "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.

[3] Quennedey, André (1975-06-01). "The labrum of Schedorhinotermes minor soldier (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)". Cell and Tissue Research. 160 (1): 81–98. doi:10.1007/BF00219843. ISSN 1432-0878.

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