Neotermes

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Blattodea
Infraorder:Isoptera
Neotermes
Neotermes insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Kalotermitidae
Genus: Neotermes
Holmgren, 1911
Type species
Neotermes castaneus
(Burmeister, 1839)
Species
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Neotermes is a genus of termites in the Kalotermitidae family.[1] The genus was first described by Nils Holmgren in 1911 (as a subgenus),[2] and the type species is Neotermes castaneus.[3] All species are obligate nesters of wood.

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