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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]
Insects and springtails [ edit ] In the scarab family, the flower chafers Elpidus hopei , Xiphoscelis gariepina , and Trichoplus agis are termitophiles associated with M. viator , [ 25 ] and T. aepytus , a dark brown Cremastocheilinus , is often found in Microhodotermes viator mounds in Namaqualand.
The olfactive receptors (ORs) confers most of the specificity and sensitivity of insect olfaction. These genes are pretty expanded on ants (344-400 genes) and bees (163 genes) but in Z. nevadensis there are only 63 genes. [2] The gustative receptor (GRs) are similarly expanded in Z. nevadensis (87 genes) and other eusocial insects (10-97 genes).
Dictyoptera (from Greek δίκτυον diktyon "net" and πτερόν pteron "wing") is an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea (termites and cockroaches together) [1] and the order Mantodea (mantises). All modern Dictyoptera have short ovipositors and typically lay oothecae.
Like other termites, the Kalotermitidae are eusocial.However, their caste distinction is relatively flexible [2] [5] and they lack a true worker caste; instead, pseudergates ("false workers") [6] serve as workers before developing into adult soldiers or alates.
Coptotermes gestroi, commonly known as the Asian subterranean termite is a small species of termite that lives underground. Both this species and the Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) are destructive pests native to Asia, but have spread to other parts of the world including the United States. [1]
Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects. ... and Isoptera, which typically display prognathous-oriented mouthparts. ...