Anacanthotermes
Anacanthotermes viarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Hodotermitidae
Genus: Anacanthotermes
Jacobson 1905

Anacanthotermes is an Old World genus of termites in the Hodotermitidae. They are found in deserts and semideserts of North Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including Baluchistan and southern India.[1] Wings of the alates are glabrous and lack the microstructures like micrasters, microsetae or rods found in more modern Isoptera.[2] In the driest and most arid locations in Africa it is generally replaced by Psammotermes.[3]

Species

The genus contains some 13 species:[4]

  • A. ahngerianus (Jacobson)
  • A. baeckmannianus (Vasiljev)
  • A. baluchistanicus Akhtar, 1974
  • A. iranicus Ravan et al., 1994
  • A. macrocephalus (Desneux, 1906)
  • A. murgabicus (Vasiljev)
  • A. ochraceus (Burmeister)
  • A. saudiensis Chhotani, et al., 1982
  • A. septentrionalis (Jacobson)
  • A. turkestanicus (Jacobson)
  • A. ubachi (Navas)
  • A. vagans (Hagen, 1858)
  • A. viarum (König, 1779)

References

  1. ↑ Abe, Takuya; et al. (2000–2002). Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-7923-6361-2.
  2. ↑ Roonwal, M. L. (1983). "Evolution and Systematic Significance of Wing Micro-sculpturing in Termites. XIII. Order Isoptera" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. B49 (5): 359–391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Bath, Rebecca (22 January 2009). "Psammotermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Anacanthotermes Jacobson, 1905". Isoptera. biolib.cz. Retrieved 5 February 2013.


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