A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical termite genera Labiotermes Holmgren and Paracornitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1340, 2006, Pages 1-44

  Constantino, Reginaldo ^a   Acioli, Agno N S ^b   Schmidt, Karen ^a   Cuezzo, Carolina ^c   Carvalho, Sérgio H C ^a   Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Superior de Entomología Dr A Willink   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Isoptera; Labiotermes; New species; New synonymy; Paracornitermes; Revision; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMITINAE; ORTHOCEPHALUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750583244     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1340.1.1     Document Type: Article

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