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Macrotermes
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:
- Macrotermes acrocephalus
- Macrotermes ahmadi
- Macrotermes aleemi
- Macrotermes annandalei
- Macrotermes barneyi
- Macrotermes beaufortensis
- Macrotermes bellicosus
- Macrotermes carbonarius
- Macrotermes chaiglomi
- Macrotermes choui
- Macrotermes constrictus
- Macrotermes convulsionarius
- Macrotermes declivatus
- Macrotermes denticulatus
- Macrotermes falciger
- Macrotermes gilvus
- Macrotermes gratus
- Macrotermes guangxiensis
- Macrotermes hainanensis
- Macrotermes herus
- Macrotermes hopini
- Macrotermes ituriensis
- Macrotermes ivorensis
- Macrotermes jeanneli
- Macrotermes jinghongensis
- Macrotermes khajuriae
- Macrotermes latignathus
- Macrotermes latinotus
- Macrotermes lilljeborgi
- Macrotermes longiceps
- Macrotermes longimentis
- Macrotermes luokengensis
- Macrotermes maesodensis
- Macrotermes malaccensis
- Macrotermes medogensis
- Macrotermes meidoensis
- Macrotermes menglongensis
- Macrotermes michaelseni
- Macrotermes mozambicanus
- Macrotermes muelleri
- Macrotermes natalensis
- Macrotermes niger
- Macrotermes nobilis
- Macrotermes orthognathus
- Macrotermes peritrimorphus
- Macrotermes probeaufortensis
- Macrotermes renouxi
- Macrotermes scheuthlei
- Macrotermes serrulatus
- Macrotermes singaporensis
- Macrotermes subhyalinus
- Macrotermes trapezoides
- Macrotermes trimorphus
- Macrotermes ukuzii
- Macrotermes vitrialatus
- Macrotermes yunnanensis
- Macrotermes zhejiangensis