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Amitermes
Sign in to savethumb|Amitermes hastatus (black mound termites) from the Western Cape region of South Africa repairing a section of their distinctive black mounds. Most of the termites are soldiers.
Species
Blackmound Termite
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderBlattodea
- FamilyTermitidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 92
- Family
- Termitidae
- Collections
- MSU, USNM, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Australia, United States, South Africa, Botswana, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Termitinae
- Image
- Flickr - brewbooks - Magnetic Termite mound - Litchfield National Park.jpg
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- taxon name
- Amitermes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Amitermes
- Commons category
- Amitermes
- taxon author citation
- Silvestri, 1901
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thumb|Amitermes hastatus (black mound termites) from the Western Cape region of South Africa repairing a section of their distinctive black mounds. Most of the termites are soldiers.
Amitermes is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. 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.
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