Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 341 meters (0 to 1,119 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Superorder:
Dictyoptera
()
- Order:
Isoptera
()
- Brulle, 1832
- Family:
Rhinotermitidae
()
- Subfamily:
Heterotermitinae
()
- Genus:
Heterotermes
()
- Froggatt, 1896
- Specific name:
platycephalus
- Scientific name: - Heterotermes platycephalus
- Specific name:
platycephalus
- Genus:
Heterotermes
(
- Subfamily:
Heterotermitinae
(
- Family:
Rhinotermitidae
(
- Order:
Isoptera
(
- Superorder:
Dictyoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Heterotermes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. tenuis (Subterranean Termite)
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Further Reading
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- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 551.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australian National Insect Collection
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14779404
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2008100
Footnotes
- Mean = 162.030 meters (531.594 feet), Standard Deviation = 126.260 based on 95 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
