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Amitermes
Amitermes is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. It is the second largest genus after Microcerotermes in the subfamily Amitermitinae with around one hundred species. Species are found in a range of habitats including deserts and rainforests. Characteristics of Amitermes soldiers include a bulbous head, sickle-shaped mandibles with a single tooth on their inner margins and cephalic glands on the front of their heads.
46 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Blackmound Termite
speciesAmitermes hastatus
Magnetic Termite
speciesAmitermes meridionalis
Amitermes laurensis
speciesAmitermes laurensis
Amitermes excellens
speciesAmitermes excellens
Amitermes californicus
speciesAmitermes californicus
Wheeler’s desert termite
speciesAmitermes wheeleri
Amitermes socotrensis
speciesAmitermes socotrensis
Amitermes vilis
speciesAmitermes vilis
Amitermes parvulus
speciesAmitermes parvulus
Amitermes evuncifer
speciesAmitermes evuncifer
Amitermes scopulus
speciesAmitermes scopulus
Amitermes perarmatus
speciesAmitermes perarmatus
Amitermes aporema
speciesAmitermes aporema
Amitermes beaumonti
speciesAmitermes beaumonti
Nearctic desert termite
speciesAmitermes minimus
Amitermes foreli
speciesAmitermes foreli
Amitermes eucalypti
speciesAmitermes eucalypti
Amitermes guineensis
speciesAmitermes guineensis
Amitermes cryptodon
speciesAmitermes cryptodon
Amitermes ensifer
speciesAmitermes ensifer
Amitermes innoxius
speciesAmitermes innoxius
Amitermes herbertensis
speciesAmitermes herbertensis
Amitermes acinacifer
speciesAmitermes acinacifer
Amitermes corpulentus
speciesAmitermes corpulentus
Amitermes desertorum
speciesAmitermes desertorum
Amitermes gallagheri
speciesAmitermes gallagheri
Amitermes loennbergianus
speciesAmitermes loennbergianus
Amitermes sciangallorum
speciesAmitermes sciangallorum
Amitermes somaliensis
speciesAmitermes somaliensis
Amitermes spinifer
speciesAmitermes spinifer
Amitermes stephensoni
speciesAmitermes stephensoni
Amitermes braunsi
speciesAmitermes braunsi
Amitermes importunus
speciesAmitermes importunus
Amitermes messinae
speciesAmitermes messinae
Amitermes mitchelli
speciesAmitermes mitchelli
Amitermes truncatidens
speciesAmitermes truncatidens
Amitermes unidentatus
speciesAmitermes unidentatus
Amitermes darwini
speciesAmitermes darwini
Amitermes xylophagus
speciesAmitermes xylophagus
Amitermes emersoni
speciesAmitermes emersoni
Amitermes vitiosus
speciesAmitermes vitiosus
Amitermes amifer
speciesAmitermes amifer
Amitermes neogermanus
speciesAmitermes neogermanus
Amitermes snyderi
speciesAmitermes snyderi
Amitermes coachellae
speciesAmitermes coachellae
Amitermes floridensis
speciesAmitermes floridensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 154608.