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Order: Isoptera
Species:
As of 1996, about 2,800 termite species are recognized, classified in seven families. These are arranged here in a phylogenetic sequence, from the most basal to the most advanced:
- Mastotermitidae (1 species, Mastotermes darwiniensis)
- Hodotermitidae (3 genera, 19 species)
- Hodotermitinae
- Kalotermitidae (22 genera, 419 species)
- Termopsidae (5 genera, 20 species)
- Termopsinae
- Porotermitinae
- Stolotermitinae
- Rhinotermitidae (14 genera, 343 species)
- Coptotermitinae Holmgren
- Heterotermitinae Froggatt
- Prorhinoterminae Quennedey & Deligne, 1975
- Psammotermitinae Holmgren
- Rhinotermitinae Froggatt
- Stylotermitinae Holmgren, K & N, 1917
- Termitogetoninae Holmgren
- Serritermitidae (1 species, Serritermes serrifer)
- Termitidae (236 genera, 1958 species)
- Apicotermitinae (42 genera, 208 species)
- Foraminitermitinae (2 genera, 9 species)
- Macrotermitinae (13 genera, 362 species)
- Nasutitermitinae (80 genera, 576 species)
- Sphaerotermitinae (1 genera, 1 species)
- Syntermitinae (13 genera, 99 species)
- Termitinae (90 genera, 760 species)
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