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Extinct family of termites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Termopsidae is an extinct family of termites in the order Blattodea. The five extant genera formerly included in Termopsidae (Archotermopsis, Hodotermopsis, Porotermes, Stolotermes, and Zootermopsis) are now treated as part of the newer family Archotermopsidae, leaving only extinct taxa in Termopsidae.[1][2]
Termopsidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Parvorder: | Euisoptera |
Family: | †Termopsidae Grassé, 1949 |
Genera | |
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The group was originally described as a subfamily, Termopsinae, by Nils Holmgren in 1911, and was raised to the taxonomic rank of family by Pierre-Paul Grassé in 1949.[3]
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