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Card 15/90

Name

Isoptera

termite

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Blattodea

Infraorder: Isoptera

Habitat

Terrestrial, endogeal, stumps and dead wood

Feeding

Herbivorous, xylophagous

Distribution

Worldwide

Conservation status

No threats

Additional information

Soft-bodied, social insects, with division into castes, only juvenile sexed insects have wings, anterior and posterior are practically the same.