Mastotermes darwiniensis

Mastotermes darwiniensis
	Mastotermes darwiniensis
Systematics
Subclass :	Flying insects (Pterygota)
Superordinate :	New winged wing (Neoptera)
Order :	Termites (Isoptera)
Family :	Mastotermitidae
Genre :	Mastotermes
Type :	Mastotermes darwiniensis
Scientific name of the genus
	Mastotermes
	Froggatt , 1897
Scientific name of the species
	Mastotermes darwiniensis
	Froggatt, 1897

Mastotermes darwiniensis is aspecies of termite nativeto Australia . It is the only recent species of the genus Mastotermes and the whole family Mastotermitidae; however, other fossil taxa are known.

features

Mastotermes darwiniensis is 10 to 15 millimeters long and is similar to cockroaches , the closest relatives of termites. She tarsi with five members, a small Analfächer in the rear wing and other plesiomorphic features. The 16 to 24 eggs are glued together with a gelatine mass.

Several symbiotic unicellular organisms live in the digestive tract: the hypermastigote flagellate Koruga bonita , Deltatrichonympha operculata and Mixotricha paradoxa . Blattabacterium cuenoti is a bacterium that inhabits cells in the abdomen.

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Individual evidence

↑ Andrew Wier, Jon Ashen, Lynn Margulis: Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. Nov., Sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects . In: International Microbiology , Volume 3, 2000, pp. 213-223.
↑ Noel R. Krieg et al. (Ed.): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology . 2nd edition, Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes . Springer, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4 , pp. 315-320 .

literature

W. Westheide, R. Rieger: Special Zoology. Part 1: Protozoa and invertebrates. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart / Jena / New York 1996, ISBN 3-437-20515-3 .

Web links

Commons : Mastotermes darwiniensis - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Andrew Wier, Jon Ashen, Lynn Margulis: Canaleparolina darwiniensis, gen. Nov., Sp. nov., and other pillotinaceous spirochetes from insects . In: International Microbiology , Volume 3, 2000, pp. 213-223.

[2] Noel R. Krieg et al. (Ed.): Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology . 2nd edition, Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes . Springer, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-387-68572-4 , pp. 315-320 .