Castes in humivorous and litter-dwelling neotropical nasute termites (Isoptera, Termitidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-389

  Roisin, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coatitermes; evolution; Nasutitermitinae; phylogeny; Subulitermes; Velocitermes

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030477168     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01258410     Document Type: Article

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