Hodotermes (from Greek ὁδός (hodós), travelling; Latin termes, woodworm) is a genus of African harvester termites in the Hodotermitidae.

[3] The diet of H. mossambicus consists primarily of ripe and/or frost- or drought-killed grass, though tree and shrub material is consumed to a lesser degree.

[13] Some three to five days after the first major rains,[14] swarms of flying termites, alates (winged reproductives) emerge from their underground nests during summer evenings.

[15] Harvester termites in general form the main component in the diet of the diurnal bat-eared fox in east and southern Africa.

[17] The worker castes present the dominant, and seasonally the exclusive food item of some Chondrodactylus, Pachydactylus and Ptenopus gecko species.

[3][4] Over the long term, however, their decomposing and recycling of plant material contribute to soil fertility and the global cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements.