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Rhinotermitidae
Sign in to saveRhinotermitidae sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites formerly represented by taxa known as Subterranean termites (Heterotermitidae, Psammotermitidae, etc...) but is now only represented by genera within the historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae. The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, smearing the fluid onto threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-J
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderBlattodea
- FamilyRhinotermitidae
鼻白蟻科（Rhinotermitidae）是土木两栖白蚁，由于种类多分布广，在等翅目分类系统中占有重要地位。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,146
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- 71
- Family
- Rhinotermitidae
- Collections
- CEDESU-UAC
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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- taxon common name
- Subterranean Termites
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Rhinotermitidae sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites formerly represented by taxa known as Subterranean termites (Heterotermitidae, Psammotermitidae, etc...) but is now only represented by genera within the historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae. The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, smearing the fluid onto threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-Japanese) realms. ==Genera== Acorhinotermes Dolichorhinotermes Macrorhinotermes Parrhinotermes Rhinotermes Schedorhinotermes †Zophotermes †Lukotermes
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhinotermitidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.