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Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung. These termites live in Africa, Australia and South America. The mounds sometimes have a diameter of 30 metres (98 ft). Most of the mounds are in well-drained areas.
Trinervitermes trinervoides is a species of termite belonging to family Termitidae. It is native to and widespread in southern Africa where it inhabits mesic to semi-arid grasslands. Due to the snout on the head of soldiers, and their grass collecting habits, they are known as snouted harvester termites.
When the comb is eaten by the termites, the fungal spores pass through their gut to complete the cycle by germinating in the fresh faecal pellets. [5] The fungus which is associated with M. michaelseni is Termitomyces schimperi. The fruiting bodies, with their large, white, scaly caps, are found growing above ground at the base of the termite ...
The genus Termes branch probably arose in Africa. [10] The Amitermitinae are thought to have arisen in Southeast Asia , [ 10 ] probably from primitive Oriental Termitinae species, [ 11 ] in early Cretaceous [ 12 ] but it may be even more likely in Australia, since that is where phosphate deposits were clustered in the late Jurassic and early ...
The termites visibly eroded the poles' base and structural strength, causing 53% of infested poles to tilt. [4] Some species of Macrotermes are eaten by humans in Africa. Alates are eaten the most, but workers and soldiers are also eaten and they are available throughout the year, unlike alates.
The Macrotermitinae, the fungus-growing termites, constitute a subfamily of the family Termitidae that is only found within the Old World tropics.. This subfamily consists of 12 genera and about 350 species and are distinguished by the fact that they cultivate fungi inside their nests to feed the members of the colony.
Termitomyces, the termite mushrooms, is a genus of basidiomycete fungi belonging to the family Lyophyllaceae. [3] All species in the genus are completely dependent on fungus-growing termites, the Macrotermitinae, to survive, and vice versa. [4]
Hodotermes (from Greek ὁδός (hodós), travelling; Latin termes, woodworm) is a genus of African harvester termites in the Hodotermitidae.They range from Palaearctic North Africa, through the East African savannas to the karroid regions of southern Africa.