title: Stylotermes halumicus
text: # 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.
  
  