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Similar Macrotermitinae, Odontotermes, Macrotermes bellicosus, Termitidae, Microtermes | ||
My 2014 macrotermes colony
Macrotermes is a genus of termites belonging to the family Termitidae and widely distributed throughout Africa and South-East Asia. Like other genera in the Macrotermitinae, they consume dead plant material by cultivating a Basidiomycete fungus of the genus Termitomyces on galleries inside - often very large - termite mounds. Frequently at the beginning of the rainy season, enormous swarms of winged flying adults disperse to establish new colonies.
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The following species have been recorded:
Macrotermes malaccensis
References
Macrotermes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA