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Termitidae

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Containing group: Isoptera

References

Abe, T. D. E. Bignell, M. Higashi, eds. 2000. Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbiosis, Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht.

Chhotani, O. B. 1997. The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries: Isoptera (Termites). Volume II. Family Termitidae. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta.

Donovan, S. E., D. T. Jones, W. A. Sands and P. Eggleton. 2000. The morphological phylogenetics of termites (Isoptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70:467-513.

Engel, M. and K. Krishna. 2004. Family-group names for termites (Isoptera). American Museum Novitates 3432:1-9.

Grimaldi, D. and M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press.

Kambhampati, S. and P. Eggleton. 2000. Phylogenetics and Taxonomy. Pages 1-23 in: Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. T. Abe, D. E. Bignell, and M. Higashi, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht.

Martins, V. G. 1999. Karyotype evolution in the Termitidae (Isoptera). Sociobiology 34(3):395-405.

Miura, T., K. Maekawa, O. Kitade, T. Abe, and T. Matsumoto. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among subfamilies in higher termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) based on mitochondrial COII gene sequences. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91(5):515-523.

Noirot, C. 2001. The gut of termites (Isoptera) comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. - Higher termites (Termitidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 37(4):431-471.

Ohkuma, M., H. Yuzawa, W. Amornsak, Y. Sornnuwat, Y. Takematsu, A. Yamada, C. Vongkaluang, O. Sarnthoy, N. Kitibutr, N. Noparatnaraporn, T. Kudo, and T. Inoue. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Asian termites (Isoptera) of the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae based on mitochondrial COII sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(2): 701-710.

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Scientific Name Tenuirostritermes tenuirostris
Location Mexico
Comments Type specimen
Reference J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53.
Sex soldier
Scientific Name Macrotermes gilvus
Location Java
Reference J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53.
Sex Queen
Scientific Name Syntermes spinosus
Location Venezuela
Reference J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53.
Sex worker
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