A new termite species (isoptera: termitidae: termitinae: amitermes) and first record of a subterranean termite from the coastal desert of South America

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2328, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Huchet, Jean Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITERMES; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 77953973033     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2328.1.3     Document Type: Letter

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