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Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsTermites are a lineage of social cockroaches abundant in tropical ecosystems where they are key decomposers of organic matter. Despite their ecological significance, only a handful of reference-quality termite genomes have been sequenced, which is ...
Cong Liu +16 more
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Revisiting a Chinese Endemic Termite Genus of Building Timber Pests: Mitochondrial Genomic and Morphological Dissection and Phylogenetic Positioning of Xiaitermes Gao & He, 1994 (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) [PDF]
InsectsXiaitermes Gao & He, 1994 is a small genus within Nasutitermitinae, the largest subfamily of Termitidae. It comprises only two species, both of which are wood-feeding pests endemic to China that damage building timbers and economic crops.
Fei Ye, Yun-Ling Ke, Zhi-Qiang Li
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Survey and Classification of Termite Species of Family Termitidae and their Locations in Nineveh Governorate [PDF]
مجلة جامعة كركوك للعلوم الزراعية, 2023 The results of the questionnaire for ten agricultural materials specialized in the control of the gnat insect in the center of Mosul, including the advisory office of the College of Agriculture and Forestry / University of Mosul (University of Mosul) in ...
Wadhah Al-jebory, Nabil AL-Mallah
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Sociobiology, 2021 Some of termites have been introduced outside their native ranges, and it has been suggested that both wood-eating and wood-nesting lifestyles are critical for the transportation of propagules.
Tomonari Nozaki +3 more
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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and termites (Termitidae: Isoptera), Moron River basin, Carabobo, Venezuela: Preliminary data [PDF]
Check List, 2009 Nineteen ant species of six subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae,Myrmicinae and Ponerinae) and two termite species (Termitidae) from Morón River basin (Carabobo, Venezuela) arelisted here as part of a preliminary arthropod ...
Riera-Valera, M. A. +2 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 A new species of Pericapritermes, P. travancorensis sp. nov. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), is described from Kerala, India, based on the characters of the king, queen, imago, soldiers, and workers.
Jobin Mathew, Chinnu Ipe
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 A checklist of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of southern India with their distribution is presented in this paper. In total, 132 species from five families are listed, of which Termitidae Latreille, 1802 is the dominant family comprising 101 species ...
M. Ranjith, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 Termites are important decomposer due to their ability to digest cellulose and their diverse feeding habits. Trehalase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes trehalose to glucose in insects and has an important biological role.
Nujira TATUN +3 more
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New records of six termite (Blattodea: Termitidae) species from Kerala, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 The present paper reports new records of six species of termites (Blattodea: Termitidae), viz., Angulitermes acutus Mathur & Sen-Sarma, Dicuspiditermes obtusus (Silvestri), Pericapritermes dunensis (Roonwal & Sen-Sarma), Pericapritermes topslipensis ...
Poovoli Amina, K. Rajmohana
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Jurnal Hama dan Penyakit Tumbuhan Tropika, 2019 Termites are social insects that play an important role in ecosystem. Habitat is a crucial factors determining diversity of termites. IPB University campus has quite diverse habitat types. In this research, we study the diversity and abundance of termite
Nadzirum Mubin +2 more
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