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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.
Hypotermes makhamensis is native to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. It is a forest-dwelling species and the colony builds and lives inside a complex epigeal (mound) nest. . Termites are important in the ecology of the tropical and subtropical forests in the region as degraders of leaf litter and decomposers of dead
The termites enter a tree through an injury to the bark and tunnel into the interior, where they eat the wood and often cause the death of the host. [6] In plantations of hoop pine, groups of up to 20 trees may be infected and die, attacked by termites foraging from one central nest via tunnels to neighbouring trees.
The termite mound is able to regulate temperature, humidity and respiratory gas distribution. An early proposition suggested a thermosiphon mechanism. [ 2 ] The heat created due to the metabolism of termites imparts sufficient buoyancy to the nest air to push it up into the mound and eventually to the mound’s porous surface where heat and ...
Globitermes sulphureus is a species of termite that is very common in central and southern Vietnam [2] and also present in other areas of South East Asia, including Cambodia, Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia. [1] [3] [4] They live in nests made of earth that can be up to 1.5 m tall and can contain tens of thousands of individuals.
The fruiting bodies, with their large, white, scaly caps, are found growing above ground at the base of the termite mound. They appear after heavy rain, and reappear annually beside the same mound, the hyphae extending down to the termite nest beneath the ground. [2] In the Okavango Delta, M. michaelseni is considered to be an ecosystem ...
Coptotermes is a genus of termites in the family Rhinotermitidae. Many of the roughly 71 species are economically destructive pests. Many of the roughly 71 species are economically destructive pests. The genus is thought to have originated in Southeast Asia .
The queens are the largest amongst known termites, measuring about 4.2 inches (110 mm) long when physogastric. The workers average 0.14 in (3.6 mm) in length and soldiers are slightly larger. Bellicosus means "combative" in Latin. The species is a member of a genus indigenous to Africa and South-East Asia. [1]