Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera:Termitidae): Redescription of the genus Anoplotermes and description of Longustitermes, gen. nov.

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-370

  Bourguignon, Thomas ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b   Keek, Jan ^b   Nagy, Zoltn T ^c   Sonet, Gontran ^c   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

molecular phylogeny; new species; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

ANOPLOTERMES; ANOPLOTERMES PACIFICUS; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 78650388929     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS10012     Document Type: Article

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