Belongs within: Nasutitermitinae.
Nasutitermes is a pantropical genus of nasute termites.
Characters (from Syaukani & Thompson 2011): Soldier caste generally monomorphic, rarely dimorphic; head capsule variable in size and shape, without constriction behind antennal sockets; rostrum conical to cylindrical; antenna 11–14-segmented; pronotum saddle-shaped; legs relatively short; abdomen elongate.
<==Nasutitermes Banks 1920 H42
|--N. aquilinus S57
|--N. arenarius S57
|--N. bivalens S57
|--N. brevirostris S57
|--N. ceylonicus [=Eutermes ceylonicus] S57
|--N. chaquimayensis S57
|--N. columbicus S57
|--N. corniger S57
|--N. corporaali S57
|--N. costalis S57
|--N. coxipoensis S57
|--N. dendrophilus S57
|--N. dixoni GN54
|--N. ehrhardti S57
|--N. electrodominicus GE05
|--N. ephratae S57
|--N. eucalypti (Mjöberg 1920) J13
|--N. exitiosus GN54
|--N. fulviceps S57
|--N. fumipennis S57
|--N. gaigei S57
|--N. globiceps GE05
|--N. guayanae S57
|--N. incurvus S57
|--N. intermedius S57
|--N. itapocuensis S57
|--N. jaraguae S57
|--N. latifrons S57
|--N. longipennis (Hill 1915) J13
|--N. luzonicus [incl. Eutermes laspinasensis, N. laspinasensis] S57
|--N. maculiventris [incl. Eutermes lujae] S57
|--N. magnus (Froggatt 1898) J13
|--N. matangensis [=Eutermes matangensis] S57
|--N. meinerti [=Eutermes meinerti] S57
|--N. minimus S57
|--N. mojosensis S57
|--N. nigriceps [incl. N. acajutlae, N. pilifrons] S57
|--N. novarumhebridarum S57
|--N. octopilis S57
|--N. olidus S57
|--N. peruanus S57
|--N. pilifrons S57
|--N. pilosus S57
|--N. pluriarticulatus S57
|--N. proximus S57
|--N. rufirostris S57
|--N. sanctaeanae S57
|--N. similis S57
|--N. surinamensis S57
|--N. torquatus S57
|--N. triodea (Froggatt 1898) J13
`--N. usambarensis S57
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[GC54] Grassé, P.-P., & C. Noirot. 1954. Apicotermes arquieri (Isoptère): ses constructions, sa biologie. Considérations générales sur la sous-famille des Apicotermitinae nov. Annales des Sciences Naturelles—Zoologie et Biologie Animale, ser. 11, 16: 345–388.
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
[H42] Hill, G. F. 1942. Termites (Isoptera) from the Australian Region (including Australia, New Guinea and islands south of the Equator between 140°E. longitude and 170°W. longitude). Commonwealth of Australia Council for Scientific and Industrial Research: Melbourne.
[J13] Jones, D. T. 2013. The termites of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 241–244.
[S57] Seevers, C. H. 1957. A monograph on the termitophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana Zoology 40: 1–334.
Syaukani & G. J. Thompson 2011. Taxonomic notes on Nasutitermes and Bulbitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Sunda region of southeast Asia based on morphological and molecular characters. ZooKeys 148: 135–160.
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