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Lista de los géneros de Termitidae (Insecta: Isoptera) de Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2005 Isoptera es un orden de tamaño mediano de insectos eusociales comúnmente conocidos como termitas, los cuales se encuentran entre los insectos mas antiguos, con fósiles de130 millones de años (Cancello & Myles 2000; Takuya & Masahiko 2001).
Andrea Patricia Vargas-Niño +1 more
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A genera list of Termitidae (Insecta: Isoptera) from Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2005 -
Andrea Patricia Vargas-Niño +1 more
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Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae) [PDF]
Systematic Entomology, 2021 Abstract Soil‐feeding termites are abundant in tropical regions and play an important role in soil bioturbation and in the organic matter cycle. The Apicotermitinae are arguably the most diverse lineage of soil‐feeding termites, but they are also the most understudied, probably because many species are soldierless,
Johanna Romero Arias +7 more
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Step-by-step Dissection Protocol of Apicotermitinae Worker (Blattaria: Isoptera)
Sociobiology, 2023 Apicotermitinae are soldierless termites highly abundant in tropical forests. The taxonomy of this subfamily is based on characters of worker cast and winged forms when present. However, the procedures necessary to dissect termite workers to observe their external and internal morphological characteristics are not well detailed in any study.
Rayssa Almeida-Azevedo +4 more
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ZooKeys, 2023 Chasitermes pax Scheffrahn & Carrijo gen. et sp. nov. is described from workers collected from a single colony in the Northern Range of Trinidad. The shape and texture of the unsclerotized enteric valve, tubular shape of the enteric valve seating, and prominent spherical mesenteric tongue of C.
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Tiago F. Carrijo
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Anatomical specializations of the gizzard in soil-feeding termites (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae): Taxonomical and functional implications [PDF]
Arthropod Structure & Development, 2020 The anatomy of the workers' digestive tube is essential in taxonomical studies of soil-feeding Apicotermitinae termites, especially in soldierless lineages. Two structures, the mesenteric-proctodeal junction and the enteric valve, have long been important to distinguish genera and species.
Johanna Romero Arias +2 more
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Crop-gizzard content and volume variations among afrotropical Apicotermitinae (Blattodea, Termitidae) [PDF]
Insectes Sociaux, 2020 Termites are dominant organisms of tropical ecosystems. Their success is partly due to the diversity of their feeding substrates, from dead plant tissues to mineralised soils. The Apicotermitinae is one of the richest subfamilies of soil-feeding termites, which are traditionally classified in feeding groups according to anatomical criteria, deemed to ...
J. Romero Arias +2 more
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Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 Salivary glands are omnipresent in termites and occur in all developmental stages and castes. They function to produce, store, and secrete compounds, ranging from a feeding function to defensive mechanisms. Here, we provide a complete morphological overview of the salivary glands in the soldierless species Ruptitermes reconditus and R.
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo +6 more
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Anenteotermes cherubimi sp. n., a tiny dehiscent termite from Central Africa (Termitidae: Apicotermitinae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 Anenteotermescherubimi Scheffrahn, sp. n. is described from workers and male imagos collected in Cameroon and Republic of the Congo. This is the smallest soldierless termite known from Africa. As with many soldierless and soil-feeding termite species, the enteric valve morphology is a robust and essential diagnostic character for An.cherubimi ...
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Roisin, Yves
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Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 We present the description of a new genus and species of soldierless termites from South America. Rustitermes boteroi Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn, gen. et sp. nov. can be identified by the morphology of the enteric valve, with six slightly asymmetric cushions, each one forming a central pouch made of scales smaller than those between the ...
Daniel Castro +4 more
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