This is the largest species of this genus that I have come across to date. It is also the first species that I have across that has soldiers that are significantly larger than the workers.
This species looks exactly like many Odontotermes species of this location except for the missing tooth on the left mandible.
See also:
Hypotermes
Taxonomy
No rank: cellular organisms
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota
No rank: Opisthokonta
Kingdom: Metazoa
No rank: Eumetazoa
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria
No rank (Branch): Protostomia
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata
No rank: Pancrustacea
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
No rank: Polyneoptera
No rank (Superorder): Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
Superfamily: Blattoidea
No rank: Termitoidae 1912919
Family: Termitidae 46569
Subfamily: Macrotermitinae 62955
Genus: Hypoternes
Last Updated: 2024 03 27
First Posted: 2024 03 27
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