Rhinotermitidae

Rhinotermitidae sensu novo are a family of Neoisopteran termites formerly represented by taxa known as Subterranean termites (Heterotermitidae, Psammotermitidae, etc...) but is now only represented by genera within the historical subfamily Rhinotermitinae.^[1][2] The soldiers of Rhinotermitidae notably possess a labral brush, a highly modified projection of the labrum which channels the fontanellar fluid onto a hairy tip, which is used to smear threats. The Rhinotermitidae have a wide distribution, being found from the Neotropics to the Indomalayan, Afrotropical, Australasian, and Palearctic (Sino-Japanese) realms.^[3]

Rhinotermitidae
Acorhinotermes claritae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Nanorder:	Neoisoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897
Type genus
Rhinotermes Hagen, 1858
Genera
See text

Genera

• Acorhinotermes
• Dolichorhinotermes
• Macrorhinotermes
• Parrhinotermes
• Rhinotermes
• Schedorhinotermes
• †Zophotermes
• †Lukotermes