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The distribution of Wolbachia in Cubitermes (Termitidae, Termitinae) castes and colonies: a modelling approach. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Wolbachia are endosymbiotic bacteria of arthropods and nematodes that are able to manipulate host reproduction. Although vertically transmitted via the cytoplasm in eggs, horizontal transmission of Wolbachia among and within arthropod species has been ...
Virginie Roy   +2 more
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Estudo taxonômico de Cylindrotermes Holmgren (Isoptera, Termitidae Termitinae) [PDF]

open access: yesPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2007
O trabalho é um estudo taxonômico de Cylindrotermes Holmgren (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), incluindo a redescrição do gênero, a descrição de três espécies novas C. caata, C. capixaba e C. sapiranga, além da redescrição de quatro, das cinco espécies
Mauricio Martins da Rocha   +1 more
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Florida Darkwinged Subterranean Termite, Amitermes floridensis Scheffrahn, Su, and Mangold (Insecta: Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae)

open access: yesEDIS, 2002
This document is EENY-112, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 1999. Reviewed May 2003.
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Nan-Yao Su
doaj   +7 more sources

New species of termite Pericapritermes travancorensis sp. nov. (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) from India

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Diffuse termitinae nests shed light on the affinities of Laetolichnus kwekai (Krausichnidae) [PDF]

open access: yesPALAIOS, 2021
The insect trace fossil Laetolichnus kwekai, which is composed of a small chamber extending to slender cylinders at each end, was tentatively included in the ichnofamily Krausichnidae as termite nests.
Cantil, Liliana Fernanda   +6 more
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Termite (Isoptera) Diversity in a Gallery Forests Relict in the Colombian Eastern Plains [PDF]

open access: yesSociobiology, 2017
Termites are a key group for the dynamics of gallery forests in the Colombian Orinoco region, but have been little studied. Richness and relative abundance of termites found in protected gallery forest fragments within commercial forest plantations were ...
Olga Patricia Pinzon Florian   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Survivorship and walking behavior of Inquilinitermes microcerus (Termitidae: Termitinae) in contact with host workers and walls from host nest

open access: yesSociobiology, 2018
Constrictotermes sp. nests are frequently inhabited by colonies of Inquilinitermes microcerus. In this association, I. microcerus colonies usually establish their colonies spatially isolated from Constrictotermes colonies.
Joseane Santos Cruz   +5 more
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Coleoptera Larval Fauna Associated with Termite Nests (Isoptera) with Emphasis on the “Bioluminescent Termite Nests” from Central Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010
Beetle larvae that inhabit termite nests present modifications that allow them to cohabitate with the termites. Some are physogastric and bear special glands and different setae all over their bodies, whereas others are not physogastric.
Cleide Costa, Sergio Antonio Vanin
core   +3 more sources

Inquilinitermes johnchapmani, a New Termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) from the Llanos of North Central Bolivia

open access: yesSociobiology, 2014
Inquilinitermes johnchapmani is described from soldiers and workers collected in the Llanos de Mojos of Bolivia. This is the fourth and the smallest species of the genus. Unlike its congeners, I. johnchapmani is not an inquiline of Constrictotermes spp.
Rudolf H Scheffrahn
doaj   +4 more sources

Diet composition of an escaped captive-born southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) in a nonnative habitat in Asia. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol, 2022
Captive‐born lesser anteater can survive in nonnative habitat by expanding their food acceptance. The escaped lesser anteater fed on both sympatric and nonsympatric ant and termite taxa in Taiwan and survived for 3 months. Abstract Studies on the role of natural predatory instincts in captive‐born mammalian myrmecophagy are rare.
Sun NC, Lin CC, Liang CC, Li HF.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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