Biology:Gnathamitermes

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Short description: Genus of termites

Gnathamitermes
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Termitidae
Subfamily: Termitinae
Genus: Gnathamitermes
Light, 1932
Diversity
4 species

Gnathamitermes is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. There are about six described species in Gnathamitermes.[1][2][3]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Gnathamitermes:

  • Gnathamitermes grandis (Light, 1930)
  • Gnathamitermes magnoculus Light, 1932
  • Gnathamitermes nigriceps (Light, 1930)
  • Gnathamitermes perplexus (Banks in Banks & Snyder, 1920) (long-jawed desert termites)
  • Gnathamitermes rousei Pierce, 1958
  • Gnathamitermes tubiformans (Buckley, 1862)

References

Further reading

  • Krishna, Kumar; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Valerie; Engel, Michael S. (2013). "Treatise on the Isoptera of the world". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (377). 

Wikidata ☰ Q13582522 entry