Stylotermes halumicus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Stylotermitidae |
Genus: | Stylotermes |
Species: | S. halumicus
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Binomial name | |
Stylotermes halumicus Liang, Wu, and Li, 2017
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Stylotermes halumicus is a species of termite in the Isoptera family Stylotermitidae.
S. halumicus was the first species within the family Stylotermitidae to be discovered in Taiwan. [1] Its discoverers first identified the species from the trunk of a living tree in Luanshan Village, Yanping Township, Taitung County. [2] S. halumicus was named after the Bunun language word for pangolin, halum. [3] [4]
A colony numbering less than fifty individuals held in a laboratory began reproducing within six months of captivity. [5]
Stylotermes halumicus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Stylotermitidae |
Genus: | Stylotermes |
Species: | S. halumicus
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Binomial name | |
Stylotermes halumicus Liang, Wu, and Li, 2017
|
Stylotermes halumicus is a species of termite in the Isoptera family Stylotermitidae.
S. halumicus was the first species within the family Stylotermitidae to be discovered in Taiwan. [1] Its discoverers first identified the species from the trunk of a living tree in Luanshan Village, Yanping Township, Taitung County. [2] S. halumicus was named after the Bunun language word for pangolin, halum. [3] [4]
A colony numbering less than fifty individuals held in a laboratory began reproducing within six months of captivity. [5]