Termes or termites are ant-like insects, and there are about 1,500 species.
Their social organization is highly developed and they build colonies in large nests or termites, which can house up to one million individuals.
There are several types of termite mounds, from which they are built on the ground, inside tree trunks or formed by mounds up to 9 meters high. Its interior is perfectly organized.
There are different kinds of individuals; the nymphs or young termites and the castes of sterile workers and soldiers.
Reproduction is carried out by a single couple in each termite mound, enclosed in the royal chamber where the fertile female develops a huge abdomen full of roe that she continuously places.
Termes feed on plant cellulose contained in the wood they digest thanks to protozoa that live in their intestines.
Winged fertile individuals leave the nests on certain occasions and mate to form new colonies. After mating the wings come off.
Metamorphosis
Termite development has a special type metamorphosis.
The fertile female or queen lays eggs that originate nymphs, which can develop sexed individuals, workers and soldiers.
- Worker (sterile male).
- Worker Soldier.
- Fertile winged insects.
- Queen shortly after fertilized, when she has already lost her wings.
- Queen with distended abdomen.
A small presentation of the diversity of the insects could be the following:
| WITHOUT WINGS or Apteros | |
|---|---|
| Proturos | They are the most primitive insects. Without wings or antennae. |
| Colembolos | Sin alas. A ventral organ allows them to take great leaps. |
| Tisanuros | Tres apendices terminales Lepisma or silverfish |
| Dipluros | Two terminal appendices. |
| WITH WINGS | |
| Ephemeroptera | Rudimentary mouthpieces. Two pairs of wings. Aquatic larvae with gills. Ephemeral |
| Plecoptera | Incomplete metamorphosis Aploembia |
| Odonates | Chewing mouth. Two pairs of large membranous wings. Aquatic larvae. Libelulas |
| Mantoids or mantids | Incomplete metamorphosis Mantis religiosa |
| Blactereos | Mouthpiece masticator Cockroach |
| Fasmideos | Mouthpiece masticator Insect stick |
| Dermapteros | Mouth chewing. Tongue at the end of the abdomen. Earwigs. |
| Orthotics | Mouth chewing. Two pairs of wings, of which the first protects the second. Cricket, Lobster |
| Isopters | Mouth chewing. Social organization similar to that of ants. Termes or Termites |
| Hemiptera | Superorder that includes heteropteros and homopteros. |
| Heteropteros | Mouthpieces choppers-suctors. Two pairs of wings, the first one in its anterior part. Bedbug. |
| Homopteros | Mouthpiece picador-suctor. Two pairs of equal wings, which sometimes are missing. Cicadas, aphids. |
| Hymenoptera | Mouthpieces chewing or sucking. Four membranous wings. Bee, Wasp, Ant |
| Malophagos | Chewing mouthpieces. Without wings. Places of birds and mammals. Lice of chickens. |
| Anopluros | Mouth filler-suctora. Without wings. Mammals' parts. Head louse. |
| Neuropteros | Chewing mouth. Four membranous wings with numerous nerviations. Lion ant. |
| Coleoptera | Chewing mouth pieces. Two pairs of wings, the first very coro form a protective case. Beetles, Fireflies. |
| Lepidoptera | Mouthpieces transformed into suctor apparatus that is spirally wound. Two pairs of membranous wings covered with scales. Butterflies and moths. |
| Diptera | Biting and sucking mouthpieces. Just a pair of wings. Fly, Mosquito, Tipula, Tabano |
The SEA is realizing a complete Catalog of the Aragonese Entomofauna that has already been partially published, where 190 families have been inventoried with 3012 species.
Other information about fauna in Aragón:
A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:
| Vertebrates | Invertebrates |
|---|---|
MammalsBirdsReptilesAmphibiansFishes |
MetazoansProtozoa |
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images about the fauna in Aragon. photographs on invertebrates. beneficial animals for agriculture. | |
Auch Aragon genießt eine vielfältige und abwechslungsreiche Natur, in der Pflanzen vorbeigehen, Tiere, Geologie oder Landschaften erreichen wir ein fantastisches Bestiarium, das in seinen Denkmälern lebt.
Die Informationen werden ohne einen Spaziergang durch die drei Provinzen nicht vollständig sein, mit Abschaltungen in einigen seiner spektakulären Landschaften wie Ordesa, der Moncayo, Monegros oder durch Widerspruch den Ebro.
Sie können sich auch den immateriellen widmen: von der Legendenzusammenstellung das gilt auch für das universelle Aragon.