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Rhinotermitidae  Froggart, 1897
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102438

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): subterranean termites [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderBlattodea  – cockroaches, termites  
                                  SuperfamilyBlattoidea   
                                     FamilyRhinotermitidae Froggart, 1897 – subterranean termites  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subfamily Coptotermitinae Holmgren, 1910  
                                        Subfamily Heterotermitinae Froggatt, 1897  
                                        Subfamily Prorhinotermitinae Quennedy and Deligne, 1975  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Timothy G. Myles  
  Notes: Director, Urban Entomology Program, Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2G8, CANADA   
  Reference for: Rhinotermitidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinotermitidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Beccaloni, George W., and Paul Eggleton / Zhang, Z.-Q., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Blattodea. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 3703   
  Page(s): 46-48   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online ISSN: 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Rhinotermitidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Engel, Michael S., and Kumar Krishna  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-Group Names for Termites   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no, 3432   
  Page(s): 9   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinotermitidae   
       

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