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Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae) of Ecuador

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 2009
Abstract Termites are an abundant and diverse group in the Neotropics with about 500 species representing 83 genera. The paucity of the termite fauna recorded from Ecuador is due, in part, to a lack of deliberate surveys. We revise the termite fauna of Ecuador and raise the number of species from 25 species to 72 based on our recent termite surveys. Of
Brian W. Bahder, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Jan Křeček, Clifford Keil, Susan Whitney-King   +4 more
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A review of the Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae) from India

Oriental Insects, 1983
Abstract Members of the subfamily Nasutitermitinae are widely distributed throughout the tropics. This subfamily is the highest evolved one, and is also the largest subfamily in the Order Isoptera. The direction of evolutionary advancement in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae is the gradual reduction of the mandibles of the soldier caste accompanied by ...
P. K. Sen-Sarma, S. C. Verma
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Wing microsculpturing in the termite genusAmitermes (Termitidae, Amitermitinae)

Proceedings: Animal Sciences, 1985
Wing microsculpturing has been described in the genusAmitermes. It occurs on the upper and lower wing surfaces and is composed of a single row of small (3–5 μm long), thorny papillae at the anterior margin and numerous micrasters all over the wing membrane (size 6–8 μm×5–7 μm; density 9200–9600/mm2).
M L Roonwal, N S Rathore
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The nasus gland: A new gland in soldiers of Angularitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)

Arthropod Structure & Development, 2015
Termites have developed many exocrine glands, generally dedicated to defence or communication. Although a few of these glands occur in all termite species, or represent synapomorphies of larger clades, others are morphological innovations of a single species, or a few related species. Here, we describe the nasus gland, a new gland occurring at the base
Jan, Šobotník, Thomas, Bourguignon, Tiago F, Carrijo, Christian, Bordereau, Alain, Robert, Barbora, Křížková, Joice P, Constantini, Eliana M, Cancello   +7 more
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A sex-linked ring quadrivalent in Termitidae (Isoptera)

Chromosoma, 1978
A sex-linked ring of four multiple has been identified at male meiosis in 21 African species of Termitidae. Since this ring occurs only in the males it is clear that it represents a multiple sex chromosome system of the X1X2Y1Y2♂∶X1X1X2X2♀ type.
Pierre Pol Vincke, Jean Pierre Tilquin
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(+)-α-Pinene in the defensive secretion ofNasutitermes princeps (Isoptera, Termitidae)

Experientia, 1990
The frontal secretion ofNasutitermes princeps consists of 89% diterpenes and 11% monoterpenes. In the samples studied, (+)-α-pinene, whose optical purity reaches 99.5%, accounts for more than 80% of the monoterpenic content.
Everaerts, Claude, Bonnard, Odile, Pasteels, Jacques, Roisin, Yves, König, Wilfried A.   +4 more
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Investigations into the Nutritive Value ofMacrotermes Falciger(Isoptera: Termitidae)

Zoologica Africana, 1975
A study was undertaken to determine the composition of the body material of alates of Macrotermes falciger and to investigate the nutritional value of termite material when fed to white rats. Termites were found to contain 44,3 % fat and 41,8 % protein, on a dry mass basis, and to have a calorific value of 3,2 ± 0,042 Megajoules/100 g.
Phelps, R.J., Struthers, J.K., Moyo, S.J.L.   +2 more
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Mixotrophy in the termite gut acetogen, Sporomusa termitida

Archives of Microbiology, 1991
Cell suspensions of H2/CO2-grown Sporomusa termitida catalyzed an H2-supported synthesis of acetate from CO2 at rates of about 1 μmol acetate x h-1 x mg protein-1. Cells pre-grown on methanol, mannitol, lactate, or glycine also displayed H2-supported acetogenesis from CO2, although at rates 5–85% that of H2/CO2-grown cells.
John A. Breznak, Jodi Switzer Blum
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Tergal glands in termite soldiers of the subfamily Syntermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Micron, 2012
The subfamily Syntermitinae comprises 14 genera of termites that are exclusively neotropical. The present study reports morphological data about mandibulate nasute soldiers from termite species belonging to three different genera within this subfamily.
Costa-Leonardo, Ana Maria, Haifig, Ives, Laranjo, Lara Teixeira   +2 more
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Distribution and Zoogeography of Oriental Termitidae (Isoptera).

1987
Contributions to Entomology = Beiträge zur Entomologie, Bd. 37 Nr. 2 (1987)
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