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The goal of termite control is to keep structures and susceptible ornamental plants free from termites.; [247] Structures may be homes or business, or elements such as wooden fence posts and telephone poles. Regular and thorough inspections by a trained professional may be necessary to detect termite activity in the absence of more obvious ...
Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. [2] 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. [3]
Stylotermitidae is a family of termites in the order Blattodea. There are two extinct and one extant genera in Stylotermitidae, with more than 50 described species. There are two extinct and one extant genera in Stylotermitidae, with more than 50 described species.
Heterotermes are considered pests because they form large colonies and can cause severe property damage. [2] They feed themselves by gathering cellulose from natural sources including dead tree logs, stumps, and branches as well as from man-made wooden structures such as buildings, books and paper.
Reticulitermes virginicus is a species of subterranean termite native to North America, found often in the southern United States. [1] [2] [3] It was described in 1907.[1]Like all other termite species, R. virginicus is a eusocial species, characterized by individuals in a colony with overlapped generations cooperating in brood care and having reproductive division of labor. [4]
Mastotermes is a genus of termites. The sole living species is Mastotermes darwiniensis, found only in northern Australia. A number of extinct taxa are known from fossils. It is a very peculiar insect, the most primitive termite alive. [1] As such, it shows notable similarities to cockroaches in the family Cryptocercidae, the termites' closest ...
The Nasutitermitinae is a cosmopolitan subfamily of higher termites that includes more than 80 genera. [2] They are most recognisable by the more highly derived soldier caste which exhibits vestigial mandibles and a protruding fontanellar process on the head from which they can "shoot" chemical weaponry.
Most Hymenoptera, the large majority of social insects, are life insurers, where eusociality is adapted as a safeguard from decreased life expectancy of offspring. [3] Termites, as fortress defenders, benefit from working together to best exploit a valuable ecological resource, in the case of Nasutitermes corniger a vast wood gallery.