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Marginitermes cactiphagus  Myles, 1997
Taxonomic Serial No.: 623944

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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   
                                     FamilyKalotermitidae Froggart, 1897 – dampwood termites, drywood termites  
                                        GenusMarginitermes Krishna, 1961  
                                           SpeciesMarginitermes cactiphagus Myles, 1997  
       

 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: Marginitermes cactiphagus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cancello, E., and T. Myles  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Isoptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, vol. 2   
  Page(s): 295-315   
  Publisher: Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, CONABIO, BAYER   
  Publication Place: Mexico   
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  Reference for: Marginitermes cactiphagus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Myles, T. G.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: A second species of the drywood termite genus Marginitermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Canadian Entomologist, no. 129   
  Page(s): 757-768   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Endemic to Mexico as far as known from present records; usually appears to infest skeletons of organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus cactus)  
 

 

    

 
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