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Rhinotermes

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Rhinotermes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Nanorder: Neoisoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Subfamily: Rhinotermitinae
Genus: Rhinotermes
Hagen 1858

Rhinotermes[1] is a genus of termites typical of the family Rhinotermitidae. Records of occurrence are largely from South America, but they also heve been found in southern Europe, Africa and on Pacific islands.[2]

Species

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The Termite Catalogue[3] and GBIF[2] list the following:

  1. Rhinotermes hispidus Emerson, 1925
  2. Rhinotermes manni Snyder, 1924
  3. Rhinotermes marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  4. †Rhinotermes miocenicus Nel & Paicheler, 1993
  5. Rhinotermes nasutus (Perty, 1833)
  6. Rhinotermes tarakanensis Oshima, 1914

References

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  1. ^ Hagen HA (1858) Monographie der Termiten. Linnaea Entomologica 12: i-iii + 4-342 + 459.
  2. ^ a b GBIF: Rhinotermes Hagen, 1858 (retrieved 14 August 2021)
  3. ^ Termite Catalogue (retrieved 12 July 2019)
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