Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The termites or white ants regarded as a suborder of Neuroptera.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Pterygota —termites .
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- noun order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
Etymologies
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Examples
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For instance, for only three orders of insects (Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Isoptera) scientists have recorded 14,425 species, representing at least 47 percent of the species of those orders in Brazil.
Cerrado 2007
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So, again, I do agree with the figures but I think the rest is a red herring, or, perhaps, a white Isoptera. welikerocks
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{Scanner's note: In modern nomenclature the Isoptera constitute the order of all termites; the Termitidae are just one family within the Isoptera.}
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Isoptera: equal winged: an ordinal term for insects with four, similar, net-veined wings; mouth mandibulate; thoracic rings similar, loosely jointed metamorphosis incomplete: the Termitidae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Lemaire M, Nagnan P, Clement J-L, Lange C, Peru L, et al. (1990) Geranyl linalool (diterpene alcohol): an insecticidal component of pine wood and termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in four European ecosystems.
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Social insects Termites Hospitalitermes sp (insect order Isoptera) were spotted busy at work as a team on a tree branch.
unknown title 2009
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Action ethyl farnesate differentiation termite castes (Isoptera)
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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