Generic revision of the smaller nasute termites of the greater antilles (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 775-787

  Roisin, Yves ^a,b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a,c   Křeček, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Neotropical Region; New genera; Taxonomy; Termitidae; West Indies

Indexed keywords

CONSTRICTOTERMES; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMITINAE; PARVITERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0001153778     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.6.775     Document Type: Article

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