Heterotermes
TaxID: 127378
Basic Information
Heterotermes
Subterranean Termites
Heterotermes is a genus of subterranean termites belonging to the family Heterotermitidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. One of their closest relatives is the Reticulitermes genus.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea
Rhinotermitidae
Heterotermes
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Genus
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k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Blattodea;f__Rhinotermitidae;g__Heterotermes;s__unclassified
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
Imago head roughly oval, narrower anteriorly than posteriorly. Left mandible with a tooth and some serrations at the base. Head covered by about 15 setae with posterior margin strongly rounded; frons and clypeus short. Pronotum elongated and moderately wide, covered by several hundreds of setae. Mesonotum, metanotum, and abdomen bearing plenty of setae. Soldier head elongated, with a prominent hump at front, covered by plenty of short setae. Pronotum elongated, covered by about 70 setae mainly located on the edges. Postmentum covered by setae from base to upper part. Right mandible with one large subsidiary tooth and a hump at base; left mandible with first subsidiary tooth shorter than second and a small hump at base.
Yves Roisin, Thomas Bourguignon. 2011. Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (4 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | Quarantine pests | — |
| Peru | Absent | — |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (0 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
No distribution records available.
Genomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRR8924824 | Whole body | - | - | 26804505 | Australia: NSW, Manly Dam, McComb Hill | |
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PRJNA533197 SRX5705989 SRP192908 insect RNA-Seq of Heterotermes ferox colony A members Homogenized using TissueRuptor, extracted using RNeasy Mini plus and rRNA depleted using Ribozero epidemiology. 20 workers + 5 soldiers {'tissue': 'Whole body', 'isolate': '20 workers + 5 soldiers', 'geo_loc_name': 'Australia: NSW, Manly Dam, McComb Hill', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2016-08-28', 'isolation_source': 'H. ferox colony A', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Nathan Lo'} |
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DNA Barcodes (149 records)
View allData source: BOLD.
| Process ID | BIN | Marker | Length | Country | Date | Lat/Lon | Sequence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTSOW608-12 | BOLD:ABY1835 | COI-5P | 658 | Australia | 2011-11-05 | -36.686, 149.993 | |
| TTSOW607-12 | BOLD:ABY1835 | COI-5P | 496 | Australia | 2011-11-05 | -36.686, 149.993 | |
| TTDIW063-09 | BOLD:AAI1793 | COI-5P | 658 | Australia | 1997-05-17 | - | |
| TTDIW062-09 | BOLD:AAI1793 | COI-5P | 658 | Australia | 1997-05-17 | - | |
| TTDIW061-09 | BOLD:AAI1793 | COI-5P | 658 | Australia | 1997-05-17 | - | |
| TOFG021-11 | BOLD:AAU2383 | COI-5P | 658 | French Guiana | 2010-11-26 | 5.06865, -52.97868 | |
| TOFG006-11 | BOLD:AAP9551 | COI-5P | 658 | French Guiana | 2010-11-29 | 5.05575, -52.9757 | |
| TMTER963-16 | BOLD:ACP6157 | COI-5P | 658 | United States | 2015-11-10 | 32.74, -115.974 | |
| TMTER956-16 | BOLD:ACP6157 | COI-5P | 658 | United States | 2015-11-10 | 32.756, -114.836 | |
| TMTER954-16 | BOLD:ACP6157 | COI-5P | 658 | United States | 2015-11-10 | 32.75, -114.696 |
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