Save Isoptera: A comment on Inward <i>et al</i> .

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  • Nathan Lo
    Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of SydneySydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
  • Michael S Engel
    Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of KansasLawrence, KS 66049-2811, USA
  • Stephen Cameron
    CSIRO Entomology, CanberraAustralian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
  • Christine A Nalepa
    Department of Entomology, North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC 27695-7613, USA
  • Gaku Tokuda
    Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the RyukyusNishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
  • David Grimaldi
    Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY 10024, USA
  • Osamu Kitade
    Natural History Laboratory, College of Science, Ibaraki UniversityMito, Ibaraki 310-8512, Japan
  • Kumar Krishna
    Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural HistoryNew York, NY 10024, USA
  • Klaus-Dieter Klass
    State Natural History Collections Dresden, Museum of Zoology01109 Dresden, Germany
  • Kiyoto Maekawa
    Department of Biology, University of ToyamaGofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Toru Miura
    Laboratory of Ecology and Genetics, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido UniversitySapporo 060-0810, Japan
  • Graham J Thompson
    Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of SydneySydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

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<jats:p>Termites are instantly recognizable mound-builders and house-eaters: their complex social lifestyles have made them incredibly successful throughout the tropics. Although known as ‘white ants’, they are not ants and their relationships with other insects remain unclear. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses, the most comprehensive yet attempted, show that termites are social cockroaches, no longer meriting being classified as a separate order (Isoptera) from the cockroaches (Blattodea). Instead, we propose that they should be treated as a family (Termitidae) of cockroaches. It is surprising to find that a group of wood-feeding cockroaches has evolved full sociality, as other ecologically dominant fully social insects (e.g. ants, social bees and social wasps) have evolved from solitary predatory wasps.</jats:p>

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  • Biology Letters

    Biology Letters 3 (5), 562-563, 2007-08-14

    The Royal Society

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