Macrotermes
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Macrotermes is a genus of termites belonging to the subfamily Macrotermitinae and widely distributed throughout Africa and South-East Asia. Well-studied species include Macrotermes natalensis and M. bellicosus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Macrotermes is referenced by 26 other articles, and connects out to Africa, South Africa and Nigeria.
It sits within the topics Insects of Africa, Termite genera and Termites.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Termitidae
- Collections
- USNM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Vietnam
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Macrotermitinae
- Image
- Isoptera sandias 02.jpg
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- taxon name
- Macrotermes
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Macrotermes
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