New termite tree of life (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

New termite tree of life

Caption

The new tree of life of termite families and subfamilies. Each branching indicates a split between families and subfamilies from their last common ancestor. Red branches are subfamilies that were all previously defined as Termitinae, whereas blue branches were previously defined as Rhinotermitidae. 

Credit

Graphics: OIST. Termite photos courtesy of T. F. Carrijo, P. Eggleton, G. Josens, S. Hellemans, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, M. M. Rocha, R. H. Scheffrahn and J. Šobotník.

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