Termitinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of termites}}

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| image = Protocapritermes krisiformis.jpg

| image_caption = Protocapritermes krisiformis workers with digestive system visible.

| taxon = Termitinae

| authority = Latreille, 1802

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = * Capritermitini Weidner, 1956

• Microcerotermitinae Holmgren, 1910
• Mirocapritermitinae Kemner, 1934
• Mirotermitini Weidner, 1956[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id477708/ En BioLib]

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Termitinae is a diverse subfamily of higher termites represented by 23 genera and 104 species.http://164.41.140.9/catal/statistics.php?filtro=extant

Termite Catalogue by Termitologist Reginaldo Constantino, Universidade de Brasília{{Cite web |title=Isoptera Species File - Termitinae Latreille, 1802 |url=https://isoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/1113839/overview |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=isoptera.speciesfile.org}} Similarly to Amitermitinae, the group feeds on a number of diverse substrates; wood, soil, and leaf litter.{{Cite journal |last=Hellemans |first=Simon |last2=Rocha |first2=Mauricio M. |last3=Wang |first3=Menglin |last4=Romero Arias |first4=Johanna |last5=Aanen |first5=Duur K. |last6=Bagnères |first6=Anne-Geneviève |last7=Buček |first7=Aleš |last8=Carrijo |first8=Tiago F. |last9=Chouvenc |first9=Thomas |last10=Cuezzo |first10=Carolina |last11=Constantini |first11=Joice P. |last12=Constantino |first12=Reginaldo |last13=Dedeine |first13=Franck |last14=Deligne |first14=Jean |last15=Eggleton |first15=Paul |date=2024-08-07 |title=Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51028-y |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=6724 |doi=10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y |issn=2041-1723}} Some are inquilines of other termite species, such as members of the genus Inquilinitermes.{{Cite journal |last=Barbosa-Silva |first=Ana Márcia |last2=Farias |first2=Maria Arlene Araújo |last3=Mello |first3=Antônio Paulino de |last4=Souza |first4=Anne Evelline Franco de |last5=Garcia |first5=Hugo Henrique Mendez |last6=Bezerra-Gusmão |first6=Maria Avany |date=2016-04-01 |title=Lignocellulosic fungi in nests and food content of Constrictotermes cyphergaster and Inquilinitermes fur (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the semiarid region of Brazil |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1754504815001543 |journal=Fungal Ecology |volume=20 |pages=75–78 |doi=10.1016/j.funeco.2015.11.002 |issn=1754-5048|url-access=subscription }} The group has a wide distribution, found from the Afrotropical, Australasian, Neotropical to the Oceania and Indomalayan realms.