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Checklist for Subfamily Macrotermitinae Kemner, 1934 (Fungus Growing Termites)
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
32
175
294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
9
49
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
4
31
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTermitidae
Latreille, 1802
Higher termites, Termite
23
66
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMacrotermitinae
Kemner, 1934
Fungus Growing Termites
7
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
7 Genera with 28 Species
Allodontermes Silvestri, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrotermes Silvestri, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Macrotermes Holmgren, 1899Fungus-culturing termites6SpeciesTaxom
Microtermes Wasmann, 19079SpeciesTaxom
Odontotermes Holmgren, 19149SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacanthotermes Sjöstedt, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Synacanthotermes Holmgren, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
28 Species and 4 Subspecies
Allodontermes tenax Silvestri, 1912
Ancistrotermes latinotus Holmgren, 1912
Macrotermes bellicosus Smeathman, 1781Sudanese warlike termite
Macrotermes falciger Gerstäcker, 1891
Macrotermes michaelseni Sjöstedt, 1914
Macrotermes natalensis Haviland, 1898
Macrotermes subhyalinus Rambur, 1842
Macrotermes vitrialatus Sjöstedt, 1899
Microtermes albopartitus Sjöstedt, 1911
Microtermes alluaudanus Sjöstedt, 1915
Microtermes kasaiensis Sjöstedt, 1913
Microtermes logani Bacchus, 1997
Microtermes lounsburyi Fuller, 1922
Microtermes luteus Harris, 1954
Microtermes magnocellus Sjöstedt, 1915
Microtermes redenianus Sjöstedt, 1904
Microtermes vadschaggae Sjöstedt, 1907
Odontotermes badius badius Haviland, 1898
Odontotermes flammifrons Sjöstedt, 1926
Odontotermes lacustris Harris, 1960
Odontotermes latericius latericius Haviland, 1898
Odontotermes mediocris Sjöstedt, 1911
Odontotermes monodon monodon Gerstäcker, 1891
Odontotermes palmquisti Sjöstedt, 1907
Odontotermes tanganicus Sjöstedt, 1924
Odontotermes zambesiensis Sjöstedt, 1914
Pseudacanthotermes militaris militaris Hagen, 1858
Synacanthotermes trilobatus Sjöstedt, 1926


Links, sources and further information
Macrotermitinae at itis.gov