Molting in workers of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Raina, Ashok ^a   Park, Yong Ihl ^a   Gelman, Dale ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Ecdysteroids; Formosan subterranean termite; Gut fauna; Juvenile hormone; Molting

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE III; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYPSIS; FLAGELLATE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; LABORATORY METHOD; MOLT; PEST SPECIES; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ISOPTERA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; ISOPTERA; LOUISIANA; MOLTING; SESQUITERPENES;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 38149090164     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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