Distribution of termite egg-mimicking fungi ("termite balls") in Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) nests in Japan and the United States

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-61

  Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibularhizoctonia; Mimicry; Symbiosis; Termite ball; Termite fungus interaction

Indexed keywords

FIBULARHIZOCTONIA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HESPERUS; RETICULITERMES OKINAWANUS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 18044365251     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.53     Document Type: Article

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