Alate differentiation and compound-eye development in the dry-wood termite Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Katoh, H ^a   Matsumoto, T ^b   Miura, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Nymph; Ommatidium; Pigmentation; Postembryonic development

Indexed keywords

CASTE; DIFFERENTIATION; EYE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SOCIAL INSECT; TERMITE;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NEOTERMES; NEOTERMES KOSHUNENSIS;

EID: 33847630475     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-006-0900-y     Document Type: Article

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