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Heterotermitidae
Family of termites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heterotermitidae, or the Subterranean termites, is a family of termites that was elevated to family level from the subfamily Heterotermitinae, formerly nested in Rhinotermitidae.[1][2] Recent cladistic analyses as of 2024 position Heterotermitidae as sister to the Termitidae, forming the clade Geoisoptera.[1] This family includes the most economically significant termites, Reticulitermes, Heterotermes, and especially Coptotermes with C. formosanus in particular costing an estimated >$2.2 billion in annual damages within the United States alone.[3] They primarily feed through the soil-wood interface, foraging for food through the soil and mud tubes.[4] The nests of most species are typically diffuse subterranean galleries and tunnels, however Coptotermes is known to build more complex centralized nests built from carton, with some species building mounds.[5][6]
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