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Agriculture · Q358

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 358

Q358

Termite is belong to order

A.
Orthoptera
B.
Hemiptera
C.
Isoptera
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Termite is belong to order Isoptera.
Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are easily identified by the typically soft-bodied and unpigmented worker caste for which they have been colloquially termed "white ants".
Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera. The infraorder name Isoptera is derived from the Greek words iso (equal) and ptera (winged), which refers to the nearly equal size of the fore and hind wings.