The PEDIGREE of
Genus Macrotermes (fungus-culturing termites)

     (with queen 11 cm long, Macrotermes bellicosus is the largest termite)

 "Child(ren)":       Macrotermes natalensis   ;   M. bellicosus   ;   several other species
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/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda   +====> [ 78]
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Exopterygota
/-- Clade of Dictyopteroids
/-- Grandorder Dictyoptera (Cockroaches, Termites, & Mantises)
/-- Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))
/-- Order Isoptera (Termites)
/-- Epifamily Termitoidae (Termites)
/-- Family Termitidae
/-- Subfamily Macrotermitinae
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- Genus Macrotermes (fungus-culturing termites)
 

 
  (poss.) ``Grandchild:''       Delicious cone-shaped mushroom
 

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