Neotermes gnathoferrum (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), a new species from Fiji that infests mahogany

Entomologica Americana

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Ware, Jessica L ^a   Lal, Sanjana ^b   Grimaldi, David A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Forestry Department   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fiji; Isoptera; Neotermes

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NEOTERMES; SWIETENIA;

EID: 77954848843     PISSN: 00963712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1664/09-RA-009R.1     Document Type: Article

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