Definition of Genus Termes

1. Noun. Type genus of the Termitidae.

Exact synonyms: Termes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Termitidae, Termitidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Termes

genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera
genus Tellima
genus Telopea
genus Templetonia
genus Tenrec
genus Tephrosia
genus Terebella
genus Teredo
genus Termes (current term)
genus Terrapene
genus Terrietia
genus Testudo
genus Tethus
genus Tetraclinis
genus Tetragonia
genus Tetragonurus
genus Tetrahymena
genus Tetraneuris
genus Tetrao
genus Tetrapturus
genus Teucrium
genus Thalarctos

Literary usage of Genus Termes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"It is very injurious to the Olive, particularly in Spain. Linnaeus has placed the larvae of his genus Termes among the ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. am] submedian slender, the former divided into one or more forks at the extremity. 1. Genus TERMES. (Recent and fossil ) Head Jarpe, ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"... containing peculiarities both of Neuroptera proper and Pseudo-Neuroptera. The species belonging to the genus Termes (T. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"He wisely uses the genus Termes in the broad sense, ignoring the many new genera which have recently been created from it. There are many notes on the nests ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... of the genus Termes are long and thread-shaped, with about 20 joints ; the eyes are small and prominent, and there are three ocelli; the abdomen has a ..."

6. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1861)
"The daily observed extensive work of destruction of wood, accomplished by some species of the genus Termes, lead us to the conclusion that their ..."

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