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Amitermes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Isoptera

Subfamily
  
Amitermitinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Termitidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Blattodea

Amitermes Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia Amitermes Dentatus

Similar
  
Amitermes meridionalis, Microcerotermes, Termitidae, Nasutitermes, Nasutitermitinae

Amitermes is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. It is the second largest genus after Microcerotermes in the subfamily Amitermitinae with around one hundred species. Species are found in a range of habitats including deserts and rainforests. Characteristics of Amitermes soldiers include a bulbous head, sickle-shaped mandibles with a single tooth on their inner margins and cephalic glands on the front of their heads.

Amitermes Florida darkwinged subterranean termite Amitermes floridensis

Species

About one hundred species including the following species listed by the Encyclopedia of Life:

Amitermes Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia Amitermes Dentatus

  • Amitermes beaumonti Banks, 1918
  • Amitermes coachellae Light, 1930
  • Amitermes conformis
  • Amitermes cryptodon Light, 1930
  • Amitermes darwini
  • Amitermes dentatus
  • Amitermes emersoni Light, 1930
  • Amitermes ensifer Light, 1930
  • Amitermes eucalypti
  • Amitermes evuncifer
  • Amitermes floridensis Scheffrahn, Su and Mangold, 1989
  • Amitermes germanus
  • Amitermes heterognathus
  • Amitermes laurensis
  • Amitermes lonnbergianus
  • Amitermes meridionalis
  • Amitermes minimus Light, 1932
  • Amitermes obeuntis
  • Amitermes pallidus Light, 1932
  • Amitermes parvulus Light, 1932
  • Amitermes parvus
  • Amitermes silvestrianus Light, 1930
  • Amitermes snyderi Light, 1930
  • Amitermes vitiosus
  • Amitermes wheeleri (Desneux, 1906)

    • Amitermes Termite Amitermes abruptus

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    Amitermes Termite pictures Amitermes dentatus Termite Web

    Amitermes BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Amitermes genus

    References

    Amitermes Wikipedia
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