Macrotermes
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| Structure of a Macrotermes natalensis mound | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Dictyoptera |
| Order: | Blattodea (prev. Isoptera) |
| Family: | Termitidae |
| Subfamily: | Macrotermitinae |
| Genus: |
Macrotermes Holmgren |
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Macrotermes is a genus of termites belonging to the family Termitidae and widely distributed throughout Africa and South-East Asia. Like other genera in the Macrotermitinae, they consume dead plant material by cultivating a Basidiomycete fungus of the genus Termitomyces on galleries inside - often very large - termite mounds. Frequently at the beginning of the rainy season, enormous swarms of winged flying adults disperse to establish new colonies.
The following species have been recorded:
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