Termites are a world pest, the main harm is buildings and trees, as well as embankments and even cables, etc., to human beings are large economic losses.
Yellow-breasted loose termite winged adult (ventral)
There are more than 3,000 known species of termites in the world, and the vast majority of termites are distributed on both sides of the equator. According to the classification of organisms (boundary - phylum - order - family - genus - species), the common termites in our country have about 80 species in 4 families and 44 genera. These termites are mainly concentrated in the southern region, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and other regions. Termite hazards have also been found in North China, Northwest China and Northeast China in recent years.
China termite distribution map (the number of green parts in the figure is the number of termite species distributed by provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions)
In general, the termite species with great harm in China mainly include the following 3 families and 5 genera with a total of 7 species of termites:
Rhinotermitidae
(1) Milk termites are copto termes
Taiwanese termite C formosanus Shiraki
Taiwanese termites have winged adults
(2) Loose termite genus Reticulitermes
Yellow-breasted loose termite R flaviceps (Oshima)
Yellow-breasted loose termite winged adult (back)
Black-breasted loose termite R chinensis Snyder
Termitidae
(3) Earth termite genus Odontotermes black-winged earth termite O fOrmosanus (Shiraki)
Black-winged earth termite winged adult (back)
(4) Macro termes macro termes yellow-winged macro termite M barneyi Light
Yellow-winged termite winged adult (back)
Trinidae of the family Kalotermitidae
(5) Heap sand termites are cryptotetmes
Truncated sand heap termite C domesticus (Haviland) shovel-head heap sand termite C declivis Tsai et Chen
Heaped sand termite winged adults (side)