Stylotermes halumicus
# Stylotermes halumicus

Stylotermes halumicus is a species of termite in the Isoptera family Stylotermitidae.

## Discovery

S. halumicus was the first species within the family Stylotermitidae to be discovered in Taiwan. Its discoverers first identified the species from the trunk of a living tree in Luanshan Village, Yanping Township, Taitung County. S. halumicus was named after the Bunun language word for pangolin, halum.

## Reproduction

A colony numbering less than fifty individuals held in a laboratory began reproducing within six months of captivity.

