Stylotermes halumicus
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| Stylotermes halumicus | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Stylotermitidae |
| Genus: | Stylotermes |
| Species: | S. halumicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Stylotermes halumicus Liang, Wu, and Li, 2017
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Stylotermes halumicus is a species of termite in the Isoptera family Stylotermitidae.
Discovery
[edit | edit source]S. halumicus was the first species within the family Stylotermitidae to be discovered in Taiwan.[1] Its discoverers first identified the species from the trunk of a living tree in Luanshan Village, Yanping Township, Taitung County.[2] S. halumicus was named after the Bunun language word for pangolin, halum.[3][4]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]A colony numbering less than fifty individuals held in a laboratory began reproducing within six months of captivity.[5]
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