Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of southern India: current knowledge on distribution and systematic checklist
| Autor: | M. Ranjith, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
biology business.industry 010607 zoology Distribution (economics) Management Monitoring Policy and Law biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Checklist Current (stream) Geography Blattodea Animal Science and Zoology Physical geography business Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13:18598-18613 |
| ISSN: | 0974-7907 0974-7893 |
| Popis: | A checklist of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of southern India with their distribution is presented in this paper. In total, 132 species from five families are listed, of which Termitidae Latreille, 1802 is the dominant family comprising 101 species from 27 genera and four subfamilies. The recent additions of species to the regional termite diversity are Krishnacapritermes dineshan Amina & Rajmohana, 2020, K. manikandan Amina & Rajmohana, 2020, and Pseudocapritermes kunjepu Mathew, 2020. Out of 132 species recorded from southern India, 60 species and five genera are endemic to the region, and the subfamily Termitinae Latreille, 1802 accounts for maximum endemism. |
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