Phoxotermes

This genus is known commonly from soil samples from Cameroon and Congo (Brazzaville) but only within forest areas. Recorded as a soil feeding with a nest system having 9oval chambers a few centimetres in extent, connected by narrow galleries. The galleries are lined with faecal soil with a shagreened appearance. Commonly found below or penetrating into the base of mounds built by Cubitermes-group genera (e.g. Cubitermes, Thoracotermes). Group IV feeder.

Classification: 
Phoxotermes

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