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Serritermitidae is a
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
termites Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial cockroaches which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the sof ...
belonging to the infraorder Isoptera in the order
Blattodea Blattodea is an order (biology), order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetics, genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach ...
. The family includes only a few species, which live in South America.


Appearance

These termites are much like the family Rhinotermitidae, to which they are related. The soldiers' jaws are sharply toothed on the inner side. At all stages, the mandible is strikingly sharp. The flying stages have fore wings with only one longitudinal vein, slightly ahead of the center of the wing. From this it affects numerous oblique veins to the wing trailing edge.


Habits

They are located in or on the ground. Their mode of life resembles the family Rhinotermitidae. ''Serritermes serrifer'' lives in the walls of the tufts of termites in the genus ''Cornitermes'' (Termitidae).


Prevalence

''S. serresi'' is known from the states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso, Brazil. The two ''Glossotermes'' species are known only from the Amazon region of Brazil.


References

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