Cuticular hydrocarbons of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from northern California indicate undescribed species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 869-880

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Nelson, Lori J ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbon variability; Isoptera; Morphological correlation; Reticulitermes; Species delimitation; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES; RETICULITERMES HESPERUS; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031407195     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00237-X     Document Type: Article

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