Isoptera Termes or termites. Insects Invertebrates Animal kingdom. Wildlife. Fauna. Zoology.

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
Mammals Red squirrel. Bear. Fox. Artiodactyl Ungulates Deer. Wild pig. Birds Classification of Birds Storks. Capercaillies. Reptiles Amphibians Urodelos.    Marbled Triton.    Webbed Triton.    Pyrenean triton. Anurans. Fishes	Metazoans Arthropods Myriapods Insects Arachnids Spiders Crustaceans Annelids Worm Molluscs Asquelmintos Platelmintos Celentereos Porifera Protozoa
images about the fauna in Aragon.    photographs on invertebrates.    beneficial animals for agriculture.



Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.

Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.