Rhynchotermes is a genus of Neotropical higher termites within the subfamily Syntermitinae, represented by 8 known species.

[1][2][3] Species of this genus are known for their soldiers which have highly developed sickle-shaped mandibles and a pronounced frontal tube superficially analogous to the fontanellar guns of true nasute termites.

Soldiers are smaller than workers, are either monomorphic or dimorphic and the head capsule is rounded to a near pear shape.

Right mandible with apical tooth almost equal in size to M1, acute angle between them, M1 and M2 robust and molar plate with 5–6 ridges.

[3] Species are distributed widely throughout the Neotropics, being found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.