Defaunation leads to cannibalism in primary reproductives of the formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 753-756

  Raina, Ashok K ^a   Park, Yong Ihl ^a   Lax, Alan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Gut fauna

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COLONY FOUNDING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; STARVATION; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); RHINOTERMITIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 4344643144     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0753:DLTCIP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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