Scientific name for termite

Order: Isoptera

Species:

As of 1996, about 2,800 termite species are recognized, classified in seven families. These are arranged here in a phylogenetic sequence, from the most basal to the most advanced:

• Mastotermitidae (1 species, Mastotermes darwiniensis)

• Hodotermitidae (3 genera, 19 species)
• • Hodotermitinae

• Kalotermitidae (22 genera, 419 species)

• Termopsidae (5 genera, 20 species)
• • Termopsinae
  • Porotermitinae
  • Stolotermitinae

• Rhinotermitidae (14 genera, 343 species)
• • Coptotermitinae Holmgren
  • Heterotermitinae Froggatt
  • Prorhinoterminae Quennedey & Deligne, 1975
  • Psammotermitinae Holmgren
  • Rhinotermitinae Froggatt
  • Stylotermitinae Holmgren, K & N, 1917
  • Termitogetoninae Holmgren

• Serritermitidae (1 species, Serritermes serrifer)

• Termitidae (236 genera, 1958 species)
• • Apicotermitinae (42 genera, 208 species)
  • Foraminitermitinae (2 genera, 9 species)
  • Macrotermitinae (13 genera, 362 species)
  • Nasutitermitinae (80 genera, 576 species)
  • Sphaerotermitinae (1 genera, 1 species)
  • Syntermitinae (13 genera, 99 species)
  • Termitinae (90 genera, 760 species)