Hodotermes mossambicus Photograph courtesy of Hamish Robertson, South African Museum

The Harvester Termites (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae) of South Africa

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Family: HODOTERMITIDAE

1. Genus: MICROHODOTERMES Sjöstedt
   1. M. viator (Latreille 1804)

      Termes viator Latreille 1804: 49

      = Hodotermes aurivilii Sjöstedt 1899: 238

      = Hodotermes furei Fuller 1921: 40

      = Hodotermes peringueyi Fuller 1921: 34

      = Hodotermes silvestrii Fuller 1921: 40

      = Hodotermes thomseni Fuller 1921: 39
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Northern Province, to Namibia.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: HODOTERMES Hagen
   1. H. mossambicus (Hagen 1853)

      Termes mossambicus Hagen 1853: 480

      = Hodotermes havilandi Sharp 1895: 384

      = Hodotermes pulcher Sjöstedt 1905: 1

      = Hodotermes macrothorax Sjöstedt 1914: 73

      = Hodotermes transvaalensis Fuller 1915: 425

      = Hodotermes pretoriensis Fuller 1915: 429

      = Hodotermes warreni Fuller 1915: 444

      = Hodotermes braini Fuller 1915: 446

      = Hodotermes karrooensis Fuller 1915: 433

      = Hodotermes pallidus Fuller 1921: 45

      = Hodotermes bloemfonteinsis Sjöstedt 1926: 14
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province, Northwest Province, and Northern Cape, to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and east Africa