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The infraorder name Isoptera is derived from the Greek words iso (equal) and ptera (winged), which refers to the nearly equal size of the fore and hind wings. [15] " Termite" derives from the Latin and Late Latin word termes ("woodworm, white ant"), altered by the influence of Latin terere ("to rub, wear, erode") from the earlier word tarmes.
Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. [3] Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically making them cockroaches as well. [4]
Isoptera: Parvorder: Euisoptera: Family: Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897: Genera; See text Kalotermitidae is a family of termites, commonly known as drywood termites ...
Mantodea, Blattodea, and Isoptera form a monophyletic group, Dictyoptera. ... meaning that the female can reproduce and give birth without having the eggs fertilized ...
Zootermopsis nevadensis, the Nevada termite, is a eusocial species of termite (Isoptera) in the family Archotermopsidae, a group known as the dampwood termites. It is a hemimetabolous organism. Subspecies
Incisitermes minor is a species of termite in the family Kalotermitidae known commonly as the western drywood termite.It is native to western North America, including the western United States and northern Mexico.
Trinervitermes trinervoides is a species of termite belonging to family Termitidae.It is native to and widespread in southern Africa where it inhabits mesic to semi-arid grasslands.
Termitidae is the largest family of termites consisting of 2,105 described species of which are commonly known as the higher termites. [1] They are evolutionarily the most specialised termite group, with their highly compartmentalized hindgut lacking the flagellated protozoans common to "lower termites", which are instead replaced by bacteria and archaea.