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Taxonomy of Genus Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910
Fungus-culturing termites


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
652
12648
108742
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
129
1844
16974
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
21
663
7613
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyTermitidae
Latreille, 1802
Higher termites, Termite
324
3774
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMacrotermitinae
Kemner, 1934
Fungus Growing Termites
14
502
Genera
Species
GenusMacrotermes
Holmgren, 1910
Fungus-culturing termites
81Species
Subnodes of Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910
SpeciesMacrotermes acrocephalus Ping, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes ahmadi Tho, 1975
SpeciesMacrotermes aleemi Akhtar, 1975
SpeciesMacrotermes amplus Sjöstedt, 1899
SpeciesMacrotermes angolensis Noirot, 1955
SpeciesMacrotermes annandalei Silvestri, 1914
SpeciesMacrotermes barneyi Light, 1924
SpeciesMacrotermes beaufortensis Thapa, 1982
SpeciesMacrotermes bellicosus Smeathman, 1781
Sudanese warlike termite, War-like Termite
4Subspecies
SpeciesMacrotermes carbonarius Hagen, 1858
SpeciesMacrotermes carboniceps
SpeciesMacrotermes chaiglomi Ahmad, 1965
SpeciesMacrotermes chebalingensis Ping & Xu, 1993
SpeciesMacrotermes choui Ping, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes constrictus Ping & Li, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes convulsionarius König, 1779
SpeciesMacrotermes declivatus Zhu, 1995
SpeciesMacrotermes denticulatus Li & Ping, 1983
SpeciesMacrotermes falciger Gerstäcker, 1891
SpeciesMacrotermes gilvus Hagen, 1858
6Subspecies
SpeciesMacrotermes gratus Sjöstedt, 1900
SpeciesMacrotermes guangxiensis Han, 1986
SpeciesMacrotermes hainanensis Li & Ping, 1983
SpeciesMacrotermes herus Sjöstedt, 1914
SpeciesMacrotermes hopini Roonwal & Sen-Sarma, 1956
SpeciesMacrotermes imperator
SpeciesMacrotermes incisus He & Qiu, 1990
SpeciesMacrotermes ituriensis Sjöstedt, 1924
SpeciesMacrotermes ivorensis Grassé & Noirot, 1951
SpeciesMacrotermes jeanneli
SpeciesMacrotermes jinghongensis Ping & Li, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes khajuriai Roonwal & Chhotani, 1962
SpeciesMacrotermes latignathus Thapa, 1982
SpeciesMacrotermes latinotus Zhu & Luo, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes lilljeborgi Sjöstedt, 1896
SpeciesMacrotermes longiceps Li & Ping, 1983
SpeciesMacrotermes longimentis Zhu & Luo, 1987
SpeciesMacrotermes luokengensis Lin & Shi, 1982
SpeciesMacrotermes maesodensis Ahmad, 1965
SpeciesMacrotermes malaccensis Haviland, 1898
SpeciesMacrotermes medogensis Han, 1990
SpeciesMacrotermes meidoensis Huang & Han, 1988
SpeciesMacrotermes menglongensis Han, 1986
SpeciesMacrotermes michaelseni Sjöstedt, 1914
SpeciesMacrotermes muelleri
SpeciesMacrotermes natalensis Haviland, 1898
3Subspecies
SpeciesMacrotermes niger Sjöstedt, 1898
SpeciesMacrotermes nobilis Sjöstedt, 1900
SpeciesMacrotermes orthognathus Ping & Xu, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes peritrimorphus Li & Xiao, 1989
SpeciesMacrotermes planicapitatus Gao & Lau, 1996
SpeciesMacrotermes pristinus T. Charpentier, 1843
SpeciesMacrotermes probeaufortensis Thapa, 1982
SpeciesMacrotermes renouxi Rouland, 1993
SpeciesMacrotermes scheuthlei L. Armbruster, 1941
SpeciesMacrotermes schoutedeni Sjöstedt, 1924
SpeciesMacrotermes serrulatus Snyder, 1934
1Subspecies
SpeciesMacrotermes singaporensis Oshima, 1913
SpeciesMacrotermes subhyalinus Rambur, 1842
SpeciesMacrotermes trapezoides Ping & Xu, 1985
SpeciesMacrotermes trimorphus Li & Ping, 1983
SpeciesMacrotermes ukuzii Fuller, 1922
SpeciesMacrotermes usutu Fuller, 1922
SpeciesMacrotermes vitrialatus Sjöstedt, 1899
SpeciesMacrotermes yunnanensis Han, 1986
SpeciesMacrotermes zhejiangensis Ping & Dong, 1994
SpeciesMacrotermes zhui Krishna, 2013

Synonyms
Amplitermes (Sjöstedt, 1926)
Bellicositermes (Emerson, 1925)
Gnathotermes (Holmgren, 1912)
Tumulitermes (Sjöstedt, 1924)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Macrotermes
EnglishFungus-culturing termites


Distribution of Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910
Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East Timor, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Philippines, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe


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