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Keywords: taxonomy, Isoptera, distributions and geographical origins, nests and feeding, flight, dispersal, castes, workers, soldiers, sexual dimorphism, Uralotermitidae only from Permian fossils, Kalotermitidae, Mastotermes, Rhinotermitidae, Hodotermitidae, Coptotermitinae, Prorhinotermes, Microcerotermes, Prorhinotermes, Anoplotermes, Speculitermes, Nasutitermes maculiventris, Coarctotermes tenebricus, Constrictotermes cavifrons, Tenuirostritermes tenuirostris, Paracornitermes,

Stolotermes, Poratermes, Hodotermes, Neotermes tectonae, Kalotermes, Glyptotermes, carton nests, Prorhinotermes, Schedorhinotermes, Gnathamitermes, Amitermes, Cubitermes, Thoracotermes, Odontotermes, Sphaeerotermes sphaerothorax, Cornitermes cumulans, Grallototermes, Lacessititermes, Nausutitermes, Zootermopsis nevadensis