Summary description from Wikipedia:

Termitidae in languages:

Afrikaans

Gewone Termiete

Chinese

白蟻科

English

Higher Termites

English

Nasutiform Termites

Japanese

シロアリ科

Korean

흰개미과

Modern Greek

Τερμιτίδες

Thai

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Parent Taxon

• Blattodea

Sibling Taxa

• Archotermopsidae
• Hodotermitidae
• Hodotermopsidae
• Kalotermitidae
• Mastotermitidae
• Rhinotermitidae
• Serritermitidae
• Stolotermitidae
• Stylotermitidae
• Termitidae
• Termopsidae

Child Taxa

• Apicotermitinae
• Cubitermitinae
• Macrotermitinae
• Nasutitermitinae
• Syntermitinae
• Termitinae

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