Hodotermopsis

Hodotermopsis is a genus of termites. It is the only genus in the family Hodotermopsidae, which was elevated from the subfamily Hodotermopsinae in 2022. It contains a single extant species, H. sjostedti,^[1][2][3] and the fossil species H. iwatensis (Fujiyama, 1983).^[4] Hodotermopsidae together with Stolotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, and Archotermopsidae, form the monophyletic clade Teletisoptera under Euisoptera which is confirmed to be a sister group to Mastotermitidae.^[1]

Hodotermopsis
Soldier of H. sjostedti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Family:	Hodotermopsidae Engel, 2021
Genus:	Hodotermopsis Holmgren, 1911

References

1. Wang, Menglin; Hellemans, Simon; Šobotník, Jan; Arora, Jigyasa; Buček, Aleš; Sillam-Dussès, David; Clitheroe, Crystal; Lu, Tomer; Lo, Nathan; Engel, Michael S.; Roisin, Yves; Evans, Theodore A.; Bourguignon, Thomas (2022-04-29). "Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of Teletisoptera (Blattaria: Isoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 47 (4): 581–590. Bibcode:2022SysEn..47..581W. doi:10.1111/syen.12548. ISSN 0307-6970.
2. Li, S.; Z.-M. Ping 1988. Notes on the genus Hodotermopsis Holm. of China and two new species (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 31 (3): 300-305 (in Chinese).
3. Holmgren, N. 1911. Termitenstudien. 2. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familien Mastotermitidae, Protermitidae und Mesotermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 46 (6): 1-86.
4. "Hodotermopsis iwatensis Fujiyama, 1983". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 January 2023.