Heterotermes

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Heterotermes
A colony of H. aureus found after lifting a rock
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Blattodea
Infraorder:	Isoptera
Family:	Rhinotermitidae
Genus:	Heterotermes Froggatt, 1896

Heterotermes is a genus of subterranean termites belonging to the family Rhinotermitidae.^[1] The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.^[1] One of their closest relatives is the Reticulitermes genus.