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Checklist for Subfamily Termitinae Latreille, 1802
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
44
338
1205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Blattodea
Latreille, 1810
Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Termites
13
146
819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Blattoidea
Latreille, 1810
7
128
782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTermitidae
Latreille, 1802
Higher termites, Termite
101
656
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTermitinae
Latreille, 1802
9
121
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
9 Genera with 121 Species
Amitermes Silvestri, 185823SpeciesTaxom
Angulitermes Sjöstedt, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Capritermes Wasmann, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Microcerotermes Silvestri, 192560SpeciesTaxom
Pericapritermes Silvestri, 191415SpeciesTaxom
Promirotermes Silvestri, 190811SpeciesTaxom
Quasitermes Emerson, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Termes Linnaeus, 19268SpeciesTaxom
Trapellitermes Sands, 19951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
121 Species and 9 Subspecies
Amitermes acinacifer Sands, 1959
Amitermes basidens Sjöstedt, 1899
Amitermes braunsi Fuller, 1922
Amitermes evuncifer Silvestri, 1912
Amitermes gallagheri Chhotani, 1988
Amitermes gestroanus Sjöstedt, 1912
Amitermes guineensis Sands, 1992
Amitermes hastatus Haviland, 1898
Amitermes heteraspis Silvestri, 1906
Amitermes importunus Sands, 1959
Amitermes loennbergianus Sjöstedt, 1911
Amitermes messinae Fuller, 1922
Amitermes mitchelli Sands, 1992
Amitermes paucinervius Silvestri, 1908
Amitermes sciangallorum Ghidini, 1941
Amitermes seminotus Silvestri, 1908
Amitermes socotrensis Harris, 1954
Amitermes somaliensis Sjöstedt, 1927
Amitermes spinifer Silvestri, 1914
Amitermes stephensoni Harris, 1957
Amitermes truncatidens Sands, 1959
Amitermes unidentatus Wasmann, 1897
Amitermes vilis Hagen, 1858
Angulitermes braunsi Wasmann, 1908
Angulitermes elsenburgi Fuller, 1925
Angulitermes frontalis Silvestri, 1908
Angulitermes nilensis Harris, 1962
Angulitermes quadriceps Harris, 1964
Angulitermes truncatus Sjöstedt, 1926
Capritermes capricornis Wasmann, 1893
Microcerotermes acerbus Sjöstedt, 1911
Microcerotermes algoasinensis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes apricitatis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes barbertoni Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes bequaertianus Sjöstedt, 1913
Microcerotermes brachygnathus Silvestri, 1914
Microcerotermes buettikeri Chhotani & Bose, 1979
Microcerotermes cachani Eggleton, 2003
Microcerotermes choanensis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes collinsi Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes debilicornis Holmgren, 1913
Microcerotermes diversus Silvestri, 1920
Microcerotermes dolichognathus Silvestri, 1912
Microcerotermes dumisae Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes durbanensis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes edentatus Wasmann, 1911
Microcerotermes elegans Sjöstedt, 1925
Microcerotermes fuscotibialis fuscotibialis Sjöstedt, 1896
Microcerotermes fuscotibialis libericus Rosen, 1912
Microcerotermes fuscotibialis validior Silvestri, 1914
Microcerotermes hamatus Holmgren, 1913
Microcerotermes hypaenicus Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes ilalazonatus Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes kwazulu Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes lateralis Walker, 1853
Microcerotermes laticeps Holmgren, 1913
Microcerotermes limpopoensis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes longiceps Cachan, 1949
Microcerotermes longimalatus Sjöstedt, 1925
Microcerotermes macacoensis Sjöstedt, 1925
Microcerotermes major Cachan, 1951
Microcerotermes malmesburyi Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes mandibularis Cachan, 1951
Microcerotermes masaiaticus Harris, 1954
Microcerotermes mzilikazi Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes nanulus Sjöstedt, 1925
Microcerotermes nemoralis Harris, 1954
Microcerotermes parvulus Sjöstedt, 1911
Microcerotermes parvus Haviland, 1898
Microcerotermes pauliani Krishna, 2013
Microcerotermes pondweniensis Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes progrediens Silvestri, 1914
Microcerotermes propinquus Wasmann, 1910
Microcerotermes psammophilus Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes sabaeus Harris, 1957
Microcerotermes sakarahensis Cachan, 1951
Microcerotermes sanctaeluciae Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes secernens Schmitz, 1917
Microcerotermes sikorae Wasmann, 1893
Microcerotermes silvestrianus Emerson, 1928
Microcerotermes solidus Silvestri, 1912
Microcerotermes subinteger Cachan, 1949
Microcerotermes subtilis Wasmann, 1897
Microcerotermes theobromae Desneux, 1906
Microcerotermes thermarum Fuller, 1925
Microcerotermes transiens Rosen, 1912
Microcerotermes unidentatus Cachan, 1949
Microcerotermes zuluensis rubriceps Holmgren, 1913
Microcerotermes zuluensis zuluensis Holmgren, 1913
Microcerotermes zuluoides Fuller, 1925
Pericapritermes appellans Silvestri, 1914
Pericapritermes chiasognathus Sjöstedt, 1904
Pericapritermes desaegeri Harris, 1963
Pericapritermes dumicola Harris, 1954
Pericapritermes gloveri Harris, 1951
Pericapritermes heteronotus Silvestri, 1914
Pericapritermes machadoi Noirot, 1955
Pericapritermes magnificus Silvestri, 1912
Pericapritermes metatus Silvestri, 1914
Pericapritermes minimus Weidner, 1956
Pericapritermes nigerianus Silvestri, 1914
Pericapritermes pallidipes Sjöstedt, 1898
Pericapritermes silvestrianus Emerson, 1928
Pericapritermes urgens confinis Silvestri, 1914
Pericapritermes urgens urgens Silvestri, 1914
Promirotermes bechuana Fuller, 1922
Promirotermes bellicosi Wasmann, 1912
Promirotermes dumisae Fuller, 1925
Promirotermes gracilipes Schmitz, 1917
Promirotermes holmgreni holmgreni Silvestri, 1912
Promirotermes holmgreni infera Silvestri, 1914
Promirotermes massaicus Sjöstedt, 1907
Promirotermes orthoceps Emerson, 1928
Promirotermes pygmaeus Harris, 1963
Promirotermes redundans Silvestri, 1914
Promirotermes rotundifrons Silvestri, 1908
Quasitermes incisus Cachan, 1949
Termes (Termes) amicus K. von Rosen, 1913
Termes amaralii Seabra, 1919
Termes baculi Sjöstedt, 1900
Termes baculiformis Holmgren, 1909
Termes boultoni Coaton & She..., 1978
Termes capensis De Geer, 1778
Termes hospes Sjöstedt, 1900
Termes splendens Sjöstedt, 1926
Trapellitermes loxomastax Sands, 1995


Links, sources and further information
Termitinae at itis.gov