| Anacanthotermes | |
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| Anacanthotermes viarum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Hodotermitidae |
| Genus: | Anacanthotermes Jacobson 1905 |
Anacanthotermes is an Old World genus of termites in the Hodotermitidae. They are found in deserts and semideserts of North Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including Baluchistan and southern India.[1] Wings of the alates are glabrous and lack the microstructures like micrasters, microsetae or rods found in more modern Isoptera.[2] In the driest and most arid locations in Africa it is generally replaced by Psammotermes.[3]
- ^ Abe, Takuya; et al. (2000–2002). Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-7923-6361-2.
- ^ Roonwal, M. L. (1983). "Evolution and Systematic Significance of Wing Micro-sculpturing in Termites. XIII. Order Isoptera" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. B49 (5): 359–391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ Bath, Rebecca (22 January 2009). "Psammotermes". Termites of the World. Retrieved 31 January 2014.