Key Identification Features
- Colonies are organized into distinct castes: reproductives (queen, king, and unmated winged alates), soldiers, and pseudergates (false workers).
- Incisitermes minor (Hagen, 1858), commonly called the western drywood termite, is a eusocial termite species with a caste system distinct from many other termites.
- Every individual goes through seven distinct developmental instars, and it takes approximately one year for an individual to develop from an egg to a mature adult.
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