-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Cockroaches and Termites (Order Blattodea)

-Termites (Epifamily Termitoidae)

-Higher Termites (Family Termitidae)

-Nasute Termites (Subfamily Nasutitermitinae)

-Conehead Termites (Genus Nasutitermes)

Soldier conehead termites have a dark brown cone shaped head attached to their cream-coloured bodies. These termites are able to feed on many species of wood, i.e., structural wood and dead wood on living trees, and they inhabit a wide range of habitats.