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Pericapritermes-group Termites
Mirocapritermitinae
Mirocapritermitinae is a subfamily of termites in the family Termitidae with 14 recognized genera. Members of this subfamily were previously assigned to the Pericapritermes-group Termitidae, which was formally regrouped into the revived subfamily per Hellemans et al., 2024. Species are distributed widely throughout the tropical Old World, and are predominantly soil-feeders or soil-wood interface feeders. The soldiers have highly adapted snapping mandibles, most of which are asymmetric and twisted, allowing them to snap extremely quickly against...
13 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Dicuspiditermes
genusDicuspiditermes
Pericapritermes
genusPericapritermes
Sinocapritermes
genusSinocapritermes
Procapritermes
genusProcapritermes
Mirocapritermes
genusMirocapritermes
Homallotermes
genusHomallotermes
Indocapritermes
genusIndocapritermes
Kemneritermes
genusKemneritermes
Krishnacapritermes
genusKrishnacapritermes
Labiocapritermes
genusLabiocapritermes
Oriencapritermes
genusOriencapritermes
Syncapritermes
genusSyncapritermes
Pseudocapritermes
genusPseudocapritermes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 1567054.