Distribution, diversity, mesonotal morphology, gallery architecture, and queen physogastry of the termite genus Calcaritermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
| Autor: | Rudolf Scheffrahn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | ZooKeys, Vol 148, Iss 0, Pp 41-53 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1313-2989 1313-2970 |
| DOI: | 10.3897/zookeys.148.1505 |
| Popis: | An updated New World distribution of the genus Calcaritermes is given along with photographs and a key to the New World species outside Mexico. Calcaritermes recessifrons is found to be a junior synonym of C. nigriceps. Except for C. temnocephalus, pseudergates of the other seven studied Calcaritermes species possess a mesonotal rasp. The rasps suggest a role in propagation of microbes on gallery surfaces and microbial infusion below the wood surface. Calcaritermes temoncephalus is shown to have an unusually large physogastric queens for a kalotermitid and several species produce large eggs. |
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