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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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Steve Jones@BY-NC
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(c) Steve Jones@BY-NC
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(c) Steve Jones@BY-NC
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(c) BJ Stacey@BY-NC
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(c) Jake Nitta@BY

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.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Imago and soldier Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

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.

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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

DNA Barcodes (149 records)

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Data 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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