Stylotermitidae is a family of

termite Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes ( eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blat ...

s in the order

Blattodea Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically m ...

. There are two extinct and one extant genera in Stylotermitidae, with more than 50 described species.

Genera

These three genera belong to the family Stylotermitidae: * '' Stylotermes'' Holmgren, 1917 * † ''

Parastylotermes ''Parastylotermes'' is an extinct genus of termite in the Isoptera family Stylotermitidae known from North America, Europe, and India. The genus contains five described species, ''Parastylotermes calico'', ''Parastylotermes frazieri'', ''Parasty ...

'' Snyder & Emerson, 1949 * † ''

Prostylotermes ''Prostylotermes'' is an extinct genus of termite in the isopteran family Stylotermitidae known from two Eocene fossils found in India. The genus contains a single described species, ''Prostylotermes kamboja''. History and classification ''Pros ...

'' Engel & Grimaldi, 2011

Genera

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