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Taxonomic Features and Comparison of the Gut Microbiome from Two Edible Fungus-Farming Termites (Macrotermes falciger, M. natalensis) Harvested in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, South Africa [PDF]

, 2019
Background Termites are an important food resource for many human populations around the world, and are a good supply of nutrients. The fungus-farming ‘higher’ termite members of Macrotermitinae are also consumed by modern great apes and are implicated ...
Duncan, Frances D., Hofman, Courney A., Honap, Tanvi P., Lesnik, Julie, Lewis, Cecil M., Netschifhefhe, Shandukani R., Schnorr, Stephanie L.   +6 more
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Termitidae

, 2015
Family: Termitidae Amitermes corpulentus Al-Alawy, Abdul-Rassoul, & Al-Azawi, 1990 Geographical records: Iraq. General distribution: Also recorded in Iran. Type: Holotype INHM. Paratype INHM, BMNH, DZCU. Ref: Krishna et al., 2013: 2011. Amitermes vilis (Hagen, 1858) Termes vilis Hagen, 1858: 185 –186, 240. Geographical records: Iraq, Jordan.
Caesar, Maram, Roy, Roger, Legendre, Frederic, Grandcolas, Philippe, Pellens, Roseli   +4 more
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Armed reproductives: Evolution of the frontal gland in imagoes of Termitidae

Arthropod Structure & Development, 2013
The frontal gland of termites is a structure without any equivalent among other animals. Although this gland is well known in soldiers, it received almost no attention in other castes. Recently, we described it in imagoes of Rhinotermitidae and Serritermitidae. In order to provide a complete picture of the evolution of this gland in termite imagoes, we
Kutalova, K., Bourguignon, T., /Sillam-Dussès, David, Hanus, R., Roisin, Y., Sobotnik, J.   +5 more
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Durabilidade natural do estipe de pupunha (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Arecaceae) II: insetos Natural durability of Bactris gasipaes Kunth (peach palm, Arecaceae) stipe II: insects

Acta Amazonica, 2004
Neste trabalho estão apresentados os resultados da durabilidade natural do estipe (madeira) de Bactris gasipaes Kunth (pupunha), quando submetido ao ataque de insetos xilófagos, em ensaios em ambiente florestal e urbano.
Raimunda Liege Souza de Abreu, Maria Aparecida de Jesus   +1 more
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Molecular characterization of Amitermes rhizophagus Belyaeva, 1974 (Blattodea: Isoptera), newly recorded from Uzbekistan

Acta Biologica Sibirica
This study presents the first molecular confirmation of Amitermes rhizophagus Belyaeva, 1974 (Blattodea: Termitidae) from Uzbekistan. Specimens collected in the Kashkadarya Region were identified through combined morphological and molecular analyses ...
Gulnara S. Mirzaeva, Bakhtiyor R. Kholmatov, Kakhramon D. Rustamov, Zumrad A. Ganieva, Vakhidjon N. Akhmedov, Natalia I. Lebedeva, Mukhabbat Kh. Khashimova, Sobir K. Sobirov, Oybek A. Amirov, Kumri X. Allaberdiyeva   +9 more
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Nest Architecture, Colony Composition and Feeding Substrates of Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in Subtropical Biomes of Northeastern Argentina

Sociobiology, 2014
The mound- building termite Nasutitermes coxipoensis is commonly found at subtropical environments of northeast Argentina. This study gives new data about its nest architecture, biology and nutritional habits, comparing these results with other ...
Enrique R Laffont
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Multifunctional queen pheromone and maintenance of reproductive harmony in termite colonies. [PDF]

, 2012
Pheromones are likely involved in all social activities of social insects including foraging, sexual behavior, defense, nestmate recognition, and caste regulation. Regulation of the number of fertile queens requires communication between reproductive and
Matsuura, Kenji
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Diverse Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae (Isoptera) in Dominican Amber [PDF]

American Museum Novitates, 2009
Abstract The most diverse and best-preserved paleofauna of the higher termites heretofore known, all found in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic, is described. The imago of Coptotermes priscus Emerson is redescribed, and the soldier of C. priscus, the first known fossil soldier of this genus, is described.
Krishna, Kumar, Grimaldi, David
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Genes for selenium dependent and independent formate dehydrogenase in the gut microbial communities of three lower, wood-feeding termites and a wood-feeding roach [PDF]

, 2011
The bacterial Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for CO_2-reductive acetogenesis is important for the nutritional mutualism occurring between wood-feeding insects and their hindgut microbiota. A key step in this pathway is the reduction of CO_2 to formate,
Leadbetter, Jared R., Matson, Eric G., Zhang, Xinning   +2 more
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Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro, José Cola Zanuncio, Conceição Aparecida dos Santos   +3 more
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