Molecular phylogeny of the Rhinotermitidae

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-371

  Lo, N ^a   Kitade, O ^b   Miura, T ^c   Constantino, R ^d   Matsumoto, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Paraphyly; Serritermitidae; Systematics; Termites; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES; GLOSSOTERMES OCULATUS; HETEROTERMES; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SERRITERMES SERRIFER; SERRITERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 4644307121     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-004-0759-8     Document Type: Article

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