Macrotermes carbonarius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Termitidae
- Genus
- Macrotermes
- Species
- Macrotermes carbonarius
- Scientific Name
- Macrotermes carbonarius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Macrotermes carbonarius
Macrotermes carbonarius, also known as Kongkiak in Malay, is a large black species of fungus-growing termite in the genus Macrotermes. It is one of the most conspicuous species of Macrotermes found in the Indomalayan tropics, forming large foraging trails in the open that can extend several metres in distance. M. carbonarius is a highly aggressive species with the soldiers possessing large curving mandibles that easily break skin. It is found in Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Macrotermes ahmadi
- Macrotermes amplus
- Macrotermes annandalei
- Macrotermes barneyi
- Macrotermes bellicosus
- Macrotermes carbonarius
- Macrotermes chaiglomi
- Macrotermes convulsionarius
- Macrotermes declivatus
- Macrotermes falciger
- Macrotermes gilvus
- Macrotermes lilljeborgi
- Macrotermes malaccensis
- Macrotermes michaelseni
- Macrotermes natalensis
- Macrotermes pristinus
- Macrotermes subhyalinus
- Macrotermes trimorphus
- Macrotermes ukuzii
- Macrotermes vitrialatus





























































































































































