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Higher Termites
Termitidae
Termitidae is a family of termites, containing the following subfamilies:
18 branches of this family, most-observed first

Nasute Termites
subfamilyNasutitermitinae

fungus-growing termites
subfamilyMacrotermitinae

Amitermes-group Termites
subfamilyAmitermitinae

Mandibulate Nasute Termites
subfamilySyntermitinae

Microcerotermes-group Termites
subfamilyMicrocerotermitinae

Typical Soldierless Termites and Allies
subfamilyApicotermitinae

Mushroom-shaped Mound-building Termites and Allies
subfamilyCubitermitinae

Pericapritermes-group Termites
subfamilyMirocapritermitinae

Neocapritermes-group termites
subfamilyNeocapritermitinae

Termes-group Termites
subfamilyTermitinae

Promirotermitinae
subfamilyPromirotermitinae

Cylindrotermitinae
subfamilyCylindrotermitinae

Sphaerotermitinae
subfamilySphaerotermitinae

Foraminitermitinae
subfamilyForaminitermitinae

Forficulitermitinae
subfamilyForficulitermitinae
Engelitermitinae
subfamilyEngelitermitinae
Asian Soldierless Termites
subfamilyProtohamitermitinae
Crepititermitinae
subfamilyCrepititermitinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Termitidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118902.