Kalotermitidae
Drywood termites
- Allotermes
- Bicornitermes
- Bifiditermes
- Calcaritermes
- Ceratokalotermes
- Comatermes
- Cryptotermes
- Epicalotermes
- Eucryptotermes
- Glyptotermes
- Incisitermes
- Kalotermes
- Marginitermes
- Neotermes
- Paraneotermes
- Postelectrotermes
- Procryptotermes
- Proneotermes
- Pterotermes
- Rugitermes
- Tauritermes
- Electrotermes affinis
(Upper Eocene Baltic amber) - Eotermes grandeava (Upper Oligocene of Germany)
- Proelectrotermes
- Prokalotermes hageni (Oligocene of Colorado, USA)
- Oligokalotermes fischeri (Lower Oligocene of France)
References
Abe, T. D. E. Bignell, M. Higashi, eds. 2000. Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbiosis, Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht.
Gay, F. J. and J. A. L. Watson. 1982. The genus Cryptotermes in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Suppl. 88:1-64.
Grimaldi, D. and M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press.
Kambhampati, S. and P. Eggleton. 2000. Phylogenetics and Taxonomy. Pages 1-23 in: Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. T. Abe, D. E. Bignell, and M. Higashi, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht.
Krishna, K. 1961. A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122:303-408.
Luykx, P., D. A. Nickle, and B. I. Crother. 1990. A morphological, allozymic, and karyotypic assessment of the phylogeny of some lower termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 92(3):385-399.
Nel, A. and J.-C. Paicheler. 1993. Les Isoptera fossiles. État actuel des connaissances, implications paléoécologiques et paléoclimatologiques. [Insecta, Dictyoptera]. Cahiers de Paléontologie, CNRS Editions, Paris.
Scheffrahn, R. H. and J. Krecek. 2001. New World revision of the termite genus Procryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(4): 530-539.
Thompson, G. J., L. R. Miller, M. Lenz, and R. H. Crozier. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis and trait evolution in Australian lineages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(3):419-429.
Information on the Internet
- Kalotermitidae of South Africa. A Catalogue of South African Insects.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Neotermes desneuxi |
|---|---|
| Reference | J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53 |
| Sex | Female |
| Scientific Name | Neotermes wagneri |
|---|---|
| Reference | J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53 |
| Sex | Soldier |
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