Amitermes is a genus of termites in the family Termitidae. It is the second largest genus after Microcerotermes in the subfamily Amitermitinae with around one hundred species. Species are found in a range of habitats including deserts and rainforests. Characteristics of Amitermes soldiers include a bulbous head, sickle-shaped mandibles with a single tooth on their inner margins and cephalic glands on the front of their heads. Species About one hundred species including the following species listed by the Encyclopedia of Life: Amitermes beaumonti Banks, 1918 Amitermes coachellae Light, 1930 Amitermes conformis Amitermes cryptodon Light, 1930 Amitermes darwini Amitermes dentatus Amitermes emersoni Light, 1930 Amitermes ensifer Light, 1930 Amitermes eucalypti Amitermes evuncifer Amitermes floridensis Scheffrahn, Su and Mangold, 1989 Amitermes germanus Amitermes hastatus Amitermes heterognathus Amitermes laurensis Amitermes lonnbergianus Amitermes meridionalis Amitermes minimus Light, 1932 Amitermes obeuntis Amitermes pallidus Light, 1932 Amitermes parvulus Light, 1932 Amitermes parvus Amitermes silvestrianus Light, 1930 Amitermes snyderi Light, 1930 Amitermes vitiosus Amitermes wheeleri (Desneux, 1906) References Termite genera