Synonymy of two arboreal termites (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae): Nasutitermes corniger from the neotropics and N. polygynus from New Guinea

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Krecek, Jan ^a   Szalanski, Allen L ^b   Austin, James W ^b   Roisin, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arboreal termites; Distribution; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY;

CORNIGER; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; NASUTITERMES POLYGYNUS; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 18044373909     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0028:SOTATI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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