Hodotermopsis appears to be a relatively rare termite nesting in rotten wood, apparently in a similar way to other Termopsidae. In mainland China, it has been recorded up to at least 900 m (Li, 1982) in coniferous forests from species of Pinus, Fokienia, Cunnighamia, Cryptomeria, Schima and Vaccinium.
Archotermopsis has generally been thought to have a very large number of plesiomorphic (‘primitive’) characteristics, even though the Termopsidae are not the most basal termite family.
The biology of the genus was described in detail by Imms (1919), Chaudry & Ahmad (1972) and Roonwal et al. (1984), and the description below is taken from those accounts.
