Distribution and phylogenetic analysis of termite egg-mimicking fungi "termite balls" in Reticulitermes termites

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-538

  Yashiro, Toshihisa ^a   Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg recognition; Host parasite interaction; Insect fungus interaction; Mimicry; Parasite distribution

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MIMICRY; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENETICS; TERMITE;

FIBULORHIZOCTONIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES AMAMIANUS; RETICULITERMES KANMONENSIS; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS;

EID: 34447547691     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[532:DAPAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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