Microhodotermes viator
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microhodotermes-viator-167-1597171
title:
Microhodotermes viator
text:
Microhodotermes viator, commonly called the southern harvester termite, the Karoo harvesting termite, the wood-eating harvester termite, houtkapper, and stokkiesdraer, is a species of harvester termite native to the desert shrubland of Namibia and South Africa. The eusocial insects inhabit soil mounds called heuweltjies. In 2024, researchers found inhabited Microhodotermes viator mounds up to 34,000 years old—by far the oldest active termite structures ever dated.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of South African harvester termite
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhodotermes_viator
date created:
2024-07-05T04:43:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T04:34:58Z
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13
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