Arolia in termites (Isoptera): Functional significance and evolutionary loss

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Crosland, M W J ^a   Su, N Y ^a   Scheffrahn, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arolia; Climbing; Isoptera; Tarsus; Termites

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMICIDAE; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; MASTOTERMITIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 20844440771     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0779-4     Document Type: Article

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