An Assessment of the Taxonomy of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the Southeastern United States Based on Cuticular Hydrocarbons

Sociobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-318

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Forschler, Brian T ^b   Nelson, Lori J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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