Widespread occurrence of asexual reproduction in higher termites of the Termes group (Termitidae: Termitinae) [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background A decade ago, the mixed reproductive strategy Asexual Queen Succession (AQS) was first described in termites. In AQS species, the workers, soldiers and dispersing reproductives are produced through sexual reproduction, while non-dispersing ...
Simon Hellemans +5 more
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The distribution of Wolbachia in Cubitermes (Termitidae, Termitinae) castes and colonies: a modelling approach. [PDF]
PLoS 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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Redescription of the enigmatic genus Genuotermes Emerson (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2013 The imago and soldier castes of the Neotropical Termitinae species Genuotermes spinifer Emerson are redescribed. The gut anatomy of the worker is described in detail for the first time, and morphological variations in the soldier are noted and ...
Mauricio Rocha
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Description of the imago of Neocapritermes utiariti (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae)
Zootaxa, 2017 Azevedo, Renato A., Sobral, Rafael, Dambros, Cristian S., De Morais, José W. (2017): Description of the imago of Neocapritermes utiariti (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae). Zootaxa 4221 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.
Sales Dambros, Cristian de +9 more
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Diffuse termitinae nests shed light on the affinities of Laetolichnus kwekai (Krausichnidae) [PDF]
Palaios, 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.
Genise, Jorge Fernando +6 more
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Taxonomic and Ecological Notes on Termes propinquus Holmgren, 1914 Known from Sumatra (Blattodea: Termitoidae: Termitidae) [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 The genus Termes Linneus, 1758 consisting of a total of 24 valid named species known from the Old World, is a very heterogeneous group of termites and seems to involve many taxonomic obscurities and confusions. In the island of Sumatra, the sixth‐largest island located in the Southeast Asian tropics, four species of Termes have been found, namely, T ...
Samsul Muarrif +5 more
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FIGURE 5 in A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania
Zootaxa, 2010 FIGURE 5. Enteric valve armature of P. m c g re w i worker. Left: entirety of two of three larger primary cushions, two of three smaller primary cushions, and three of six subsidiary cushions (bar = 0.2 mm).
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. +1 more
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Mechanisms of recruitment for the retrieval of food in Amitermes evuncifer Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) [PDF]
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 1986 The study revealed that there was quantitative recruitment in colonies of Amitermes evuncifer , whenever food was discovered by the scouting foragers. Discovered food stimulated the termites to accelerate their running speed, to and from the food source.
S. L. Omo Malaka +3 more
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Taxonomic revision of Dentispicotermes Emerson 1949 (Blattaria, Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) [PDF]
, 2019 O presente projeto é uma revisão taxonômica do gênero Dentispicotermes Emerson in Snyder, 1949 (Termitidae, Termitinae), que até o momento do início desse trabalho contava com cinco espécies, a saber: D. brevicarinatus (Emerson, 1950), D.
Mösch, Isabel Sibrenna
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A new termite species of the genus Dihoplotermes Araújo (Blattaria, Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2019 Dihoplotermes, a previously monotypic genus, is now composed of two species. Dihoplotermes taurus sp. nov., a new Termitinae termite species, is illustrated and described based on morphological characters from soldiers, workers, and imago.
Renato Almeida de AZEVEDO +2 more
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