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Reticulitermes hesperus
Reproductive adult on the wing
Workers in the colony
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Genus: Reticulitermes
Species:
R. hesperus
Binomial name
Reticulitermes hesperus
Banks in Banks & Snyder, 1920

Reticulitermes hesperus, the western subterranean termite, is a species of termite in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] R. hesperus is native to the coast between British Columbia and Southern California.[4] Like other subterranean termites, they live underground, where they have elaborate eusocial societies composed of a queen, workers, and soldiers, as well as a rotating case of sexually reproductive adults and their larval and immature offspring.[5] The reproductive adults are the only ones with functional wings.[5] The reproductive adults will swarm on warm days in spring and fall, particularly after a rain event, looking for mating partners.[5] These termites prefer moist living environments and prefer to consume wood that has already been partially decayed by saprotrophic fungus.[5]

A similar species, Reticulitermes tibialis, is more common in the interior of western North America.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference itis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b "Western U.S. has more subterranean termite species than previously thought, study shows | College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences". cnas.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  4. ^ a b c d Lewis, V. R.; Sutherland, A. M.; Haverty, M. I. (May 2014). "Subterranean and Other Termites (UC ANR Publication 7415)". University of California Statewide IPM Program.

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