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Serritermitidae

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Scientific name
  
Serritermitidae

Higher classification
  
Termite

Order
  
Termite

Serritermitidae Thermite Termites The Typing TRex

Similar
  
Termite, Hodotermitidae, Insect, Termopsidae, Kalotermitidae

Serritermitidae is a family of termites belonging to the cockroach infraorder Isoptera. The family includes only a few species, which live in South America.

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Appearance

Serritermitidae Termites Mgr Jan obotnk PhD

These termites are much like the family Rhinotermitidae, to which they are related. The soldiers' jaws are sharply toothed on the inner side. At all stages, the mandible is strikingly sharp. The flying stages have fore wings with only one lengdeƄre, slightly ahead of the center of the wing. From this it affects numerous oblique veins to the wing trailing edge.

Habits

Serritermitidae Termites Mgr Jan obotnk PhD

They are located in or on the ground. Their mode of life resembles the family Rhinotermitidae. Serritermes serrifer lives in the walls of the tufts of termites in the genus Cornitermes (Termitidae).

Prevalence

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S. serresi is known from the states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso, Brazil. The two Glossotermes species are known only from the Amazon region of Brazil.

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References

Serritermitidae Wikipedia


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