鼻白蚁科系统发育研究述评

A review of recent advances in phylogeny of Rhinotermitidae(Isoptera)

鼻白蚁科是社会性昆虫白蚁的一个重要类群,包括许多世界性大害虫,且在等翅目昆虫系统发育中占有特殊的地位。本文概述了应用于鼻白蚁科系统发育研究的系统分类学方法,探讨了鼻白蚁科系统发育研究现状及存在的问题。鼻白蚁科不具有单系性,其系统发育问题有待深入研究。

The termite family Rhinotermitidae is a large and important group of eusocial insects, including many major worldwide pests. Rhinotermitidae plays an important role in the evolution of the Isoptera. The applications of morphological, chemical and molecular methods in phylogeny of Rhinoter- mitidae, the advances in the phylogeny of Rhinotermitidae and the existing problems have been reviewed in this paper. No study of the Rhinotermitidae monophyletic has yet unambiguously found, and the taxonomy of Rhinotermitidae is far from settled.