The distribution of schedorhinotermes iamanianus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and its termitophile paraclystis (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in Kenya: Its importance for understanding east African biogeography

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Brandl, Roland ^a   Bagine, Richard N K ^a   Kaib, Manfred ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Faunal history; Kenya; Paraclystis; Schedorhinotermes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOREST TERMITE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TERMITOPHILE;

KENYA;

ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARACLYSTIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SCHEDORHINOTERMES LAMANIANUS; TINEIDAE;

EID: 0030440236     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997396     Document Type: Article

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