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Distribution and density of Cubitermes Wasmann (Isoptera: Termitidae) mounds in the northern Kruger National Park

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2000
This paper provides fundamental information on distribution and density of the genus Cubitermes, Wasm. quantified for future monitoring. After distribution trends have been established, changes in Cubitermes density over time can be brought into ...
V.W. Meyer, L.E.O. Braack, H.C. Biggs
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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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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.
Omo Malaka, S. L., Leuthold, R. H.
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Termite Communities in Sugarcane Plantations in Southeastern Brazil: an Ecological Approach

EntomoBrasilis, 2015
Termites are key components of soil fauna, playing an essential role in organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. However, they can cause significant economic losses in commercial plantations, such as sugar cane.
Luciane Kern Junqueira, Edmilson Ricardo Gonçalves, Lucas Manuel Cabral Teixeira   +2 more
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Chemical systematics of Neotropical termite genera with symmetrically snapping soldiers (Termitidae: Termitinae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016
Termite soldiers often combine mechanical adaptations with defensive chemicals secreted from the frontal gland. Amongst the most remarkable strategies for mechanical defence, symmetrical and asymmetrical snapping mandibles evolved in several lineages of the diversified subfamily Termitinae (Termitidae).
Kyjaková, Pavlína, Roy, Virginie, Jirošová, Anna, Krasulová, Jana, Dolejšová, Klára, Křivánek, Jan, Hadravová, Romana, Rybáček, Jiří, Pohl, Radek, Roisin, Yves, Sillam-Dussès, David, Hanus, Robert   +11 more
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Cultural significance of termites in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The number of termite species in the world is more than 2500, and Africa with more than 1000 species has the richest intercontinental diversity. The family Termitidae contains builders of great mounds up to 5 m high.
Arnold van Huis
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Chemical Recruitment for Foraging in Ants (Formicidae) and Termites (Isoptera): A Revealing Comparison

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
All termites secrete trail pheromones from their sternal gland, whereas ants use a variety of glands for this purpose. This and the diversity of chemical compounds that serve as trail pheromones among ants, and the uniformity of chemicals among termite trails, suggest a different evolutionary historical dynamics for the development of chemical mass ...
Klaus Jaffe, Solange Issa, Cristina Sainz-Borgo, Jacques H. C. Delabie   +3 more
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Amitermes amicki, a New Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) from Aruba

The Florida Entomologist, 1999
Amitermes amicki n. sp. is described from soldiers collected on Aruba. For comparison, the soldier of A. beaumonti is redescribed from specimens collected in Mexico, Belize, and Cuba. Amitermes amicki is the eighth congener thus far described from the Neotropical Region.
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Nan-yao Su, Timothy G. Myles   +2 more
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The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera)

ZooKeys, 2011
The fauna of termites (Isoptera) preserved in Early Eocene amber from the Cambay Basin (Gujarat, India) are described and figured. Three new genera and four new species are recognized, all of them Neoisoptera – Parastylotermes krishnai Engel & ...
Michael Engel, David Grimaldi, Paul Nascimbene, Hukam Singh   +3 more
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Detection of Mitochondrial COII DNA Sequences in Ant Guts as a Method for Assessing Termite Predation by Ants [PDF]

, 2015
Termites and ants contribute more to animal biomass in tropical rain forests than any other single group and perform vital ecosystem functions. Although ants prey on termites, at the community level the linkage between these groups is poorly understood ...
A Dejean, A Dejean, A Dejean, A Dejean, A Dejean, A Ledoux, A Stamatakis, Alex J. Dumbrell, B Bolton, B Hölldobler, B Schatz, C Longhurst, C Longhurst, C Longhurst, C Longhurst, C Schöning, CF Dormann, CS Moreau, DA Benson, DJG Inward, EJ Fittkau, F Pompanon, FW Went, G Buczkowski, G Buczkowski, GD Prestwich, J Hrcek, JA Jurado-Rivera, JFA Traniello, JH Lawton, JS LaPolla, K Okonechnikov, M Johnson, M Jones, M Leponce, M. Alex Smith, MA Larkin, MA Smith, MDF Ellwood, O DeSouza, O Folmer, OI Scholtz, Olivia Scholtz, P Eggleton, P Eggleton, Pantoja PO Pequeno PACL, Paul Eggleton, PJ Folgarait, R Rougerie, RDH Barrett, RJ Morris, SE Donovan, Simon T. Segar, SL Cameron, Stephen Russell, TO Crist, Tom M. Fayle, X Cerdá, Y Quinet   +58 more
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