Use of soldier pronotal width and mitochondrial DNA sequencing to distinguish the subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and R. virginicus (Banks) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), on the Delmarva Peninsula: Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, U.S.A.

Entomological News

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  King, Susan Whitney ^a   Austin, James W ^b   Szalanski, Allen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware; Delmarva Peninsula; Identification; Isoptera; Maryland; Mitochondrial DNA; Pronotal width; R. virginicus; Reticuliternes flavipes; Rhinotermitidae; Sample size; Soldier; Subterranean termites; Taxonomy; U.S.A.; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 34249886341     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[41:UOSPWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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