Soldier labral morphology and genetic comparisons of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Texas

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-84

  Heintschel, Bryan P ^a   Austin, James W ^a   Gold, Roger E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Labral morphology; Morphological variation; Reticulitermes; Species identification; Termite

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HAGENI; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745928744     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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