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Hodotermitidae
The harvester termites are an ancient, Old World family of termites, Hodotermitidae. They are distinguished by the serrated inner edge of their mandibles, and their functional compound eyes which are present in all castes. They forage for grass at night and during daylight hours, and pigmented workers are often observed outside the nest.〔 Their range includes the deserts and savannas of Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia.〔 Their English name refers to their habit of collecting grass, which is not unique to the family, though.〔
==Genera==
The family consists of three extant genera and some 18 to 19 species.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonsubtaxa/id128538/ )〕 ''Anacanthotermes'' is found in deserts and semideserts of North Africa, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, including Baluchistan and southern India. ''Hodotermes'' has a vast range from Palaearctic North Africa, through the East African savannas to the karroid regions of southern Africa.〔〔 ''Microhodotermes'' is a genus of desert specialists in the Namib, Kalahari and Karoo, where their ranges overlap with ''Hodotermes''.〔〔
Though the dampwood termites are sometimes included with the harvester termites, they are generally viewed as distinct lineages which merely retain plesiomorphies of the more basal Isoptera.
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