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Zootermopsis
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Zootermopsis

Zootermopsis is a genus of termites (Isoptera) in the family Archotermopsidae, a group known as the dampwood termites. They are found in temperate rain forests of western North America. One species, Zootermopsis nevadensis, has become established in Japan.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pacific Dampwood Termite

speciesZootermopsis angusticollis

Nevada Dampwood Termite

speciesZootermopsis nevadensis

Arizona Dampwood Termite

speciesZootermopsis laticeps

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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 121381.