4-594: Archotermopsis Gyatermes Hodotermopsis Parotermes Zootermopsis Archotermopsidae is a family of termites in the order Blattodea , known as dampwood termites , formerly included within the family Termopsidae . They constitute a small and rather primitive family with two extant genera and 5 living species . They may rarely infest structures but do not usually do so, nor do they cause extensive damage to buildings or other man-made structures unless said structure has been sufficiently damaged such as by water. As their name implies, they eat wood that
8-419: A separate family, Stolotermitidae . As of April 6, 2022, the genus Hodotermopsis has been moved to the newly elevated family Hodotermopsidae , leaving Archotermopsidae with Archotermopsis and Zootermopsis as its only extant genera. This termite -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hodotermopsis Hodotermopsis is a genus of termites . It
12-848: Is not dried out, perhaps even rotting, and are consequently of little use to humans. In 2009, the five extant genera from the family Termopsidae ( Archotermopsis , Hodotermopsis , Porotermes , Stolotermes , and Zootermopsis ) were moved to a newly created family, Archotermopsidae ( Zootermopsis had previously been treated as part of the family Hodotermitidae ), so that the family Termopsidae now includes only fossil taxa: Asiatermes , Huaxiatermes , and Mesotermopsis (Early Cretaceous of China); Cretatermes carpenteri (Upper Cretaceous of Labrador); Lutetiatermes prisca (Upper Cretaceous amber of France); Paleotermopsis oligocenicus (Upper Oligocene of France); Parotermes insignis (Oligocene of Colorado); and Valditermes (incertae sedis). The genera Porotermes and Stolotermes were later placed into
16-417: Is the only genus in the family Hodotermopsidae , which was elevated from the subfamily Hodotermopsinae in 2022. It contains a single extant species, H. sjostedti , and the fossil species H. iwatensis (Fujiyama, 1983). Hodotermopsidae together with Stolotermitidae , Hodotermitidae , and Archotermopsidae , form the monophyletic clade Teletisoptera under Euisoptera which is confirmed to be
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