Hodotermopsis | |
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Soldier of H. sjostedti | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: |
Hodotermopsidae Engel, 2021 |
Genus: |
Hodotermopsis Holmgren, 1911 |
Hodotermopsis is a genus of termites. It is the only genus in the family Hodotermopsidae, which was elevated from the subfamily Hodotermopsinae in 2022. It contains a single extant species, H. sjostedti, [1] [2] [3] and the fossil species H. iwatensis (Fujiyama, 1983). [4] Hodotermopsidae together with Stolotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, and Archotermopsidae, form the monophyletic clade Teletisoptera under Euisoptera which is confirmed to be a sister group to Mastotermitidae. [1]
Hodotermopsis | |
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Soldier of H. sjostedti | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: |
Hodotermopsidae Engel, 2021 |
Genus: |
Hodotermopsis Holmgren, 1911 |
Hodotermopsis is a genus of termites. It is the only genus in the family Hodotermopsidae, which was elevated from the subfamily Hodotermopsinae in 2022. It contains a single extant species, H. sjostedti, [1] [2] [3] and the fossil species H. iwatensis (Fujiyama, 1983). [4] Hodotermopsidae together with Stolotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, and Archotermopsidae, form the monophyletic clade Teletisoptera under Euisoptera which is confirmed to be a sister group to Mastotermitidae. [1]