family Kalotermitidae


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Noun1.family Kalotermitidae - primitive termites of warm regions
Kalotermitidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Isoptera, order Isoptera - order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
genus Kalotermes, Kalotermes - type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees
Cryptotermes, genus Cryptotermes - genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes
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A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera).
A dark-necked drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalutermitidae) in Italy: description of Kalotermes italicus sp. nov
They may be subterranean termites (family Rhynotermitidae) or aboveground forms that feed on damp wood (family Hodotermitidae) or dry wood (family Kalotermitidae).
Who digests the wood?

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