Reticulitermes

Reticulitermes
Reticulitermes flavipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Subfamily: Heterotermitinae
Genus: Reticulitermes
Holmgren, 1913
Species

Reticulitermes amamianus
Reticulitermes banyulensis
Reticulitermes flaviceps
Reticulitermes flavipes
Reticulitermes grassei
Reticulitermes hageni
Reticulitermes hesperus
Reticulitermes kanmonensis
Reticulitermes lucifugus
Reticulitermes malletei
Reticulitermes miyatakei
Reticulitermes okinawanus
Reticulitermes speratus
Reticulitermes tibialis
Reticulitermes urbis
Reticulitermes virginicus
Reticulitermes yaeyamanus

Synonyms

Maresa Giebel, 1856

Reticulitermes is a termite genus in the family Rhinotermitidae.[1]

Distribution

In Europe

Reticulitermes santonensis is found in western France, Reticulitermes grassei in southwestern France, northwestern and southern Spain and Portugal, Reticulitermes banyulensis in the Roussillon region of France and Reticulitermes lucifugus in the Provence region.[2] The subspecies, Reticulitermes lucifugus corsicus is found in Corsica and Sardinia. Reticulitermes urbis, a newly described species is found in urban zones in the southeast of France (Marseille in the west to Italy in the east).

In Asia

Reticulitermes speratus is found in Japan.

In North America

The eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) is the most widely distributed termite found in the eastern United States. R. flavipes is commonly found in southern Ontario, and is found in all the eastern states including Texas.

Other termites found there are the dark southeastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes virginicus) and the light southeastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes hageni). These are less important economically (such as in damage to crops) because of their more limited range.

References

  1. ↑ "GENUS Reticulitermes". UniProt. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Biosystematics of Reticulitermes termites in Europe: morphological, chemical and molecular data. J.-L. Clément, A.-G. Bagnères, P. Uva, L. Wilfert, A. Quintana, J. Reinhard and S. Dronnet, Insectes Sociaux, 2001, Volume 48, Number 3, pages 202-215, doi:10.1007/PL00001768

External links

External identifiers for Reticulitermes
Encyclopedia of Life 50424
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