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| Rhinotermitidae [8] |
| Termopsidae [2] |
| Kalotermitidae [5] |
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Isoptera
Anatomy, Biology, Sociality, Symbiotic microorganisms, Colony life cycle, Nest contruction, Taxonomy. [eng] |
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University of Wisconsin-Insect Research Collection - Order Isoptera
List of species. [eng] |
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Isoptera collection of SZMN, Novosibirsk
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Isoptera/NCState-AgNIC
This page has resources on Isoptera, the termites. [eng] |
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The IUSSI
The International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) is a scientific society dedicated to the study of social arthropods. These are primarily termites, ants, wasps, and bees. The society fosters scientific interchange by holding an International Congress every four years, by publishing a journal, Insectes Sociaux, and through the activities of its 15 regional sections. [eng] |
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Termites
The termites are medium-sized, social insects. Their colonies contain three castes--workers, soldiers, and swarmers (sexually mature kings and queens). The workers and soldiers are wingless and dirty-white in color. The swarmers are dark-bodied and have four long, many-veined, whitish wings. They have chewing mouthparts and a gradual metamorphosis, the life stages being the egg, nymph, and adult. Termites are sometimes incorrectly called white ants, but they are very different from ants in both structure and metamorphosis. True ants, which belong to the order Hymenoptera, have the abdomen constricted (pinched in) just back of the thorax; termites do not. Termites may be found in logs, stumps, fence posts, timbers of buildings, or in wood lying on the ground. [eng] |
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Order Isoptera (Termites)
Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area, University of California, Berkeley. [eng] |
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The Bug Page: Order Isoptera - Termites
Order Isoptera consists of the notorious insect eaters of wood: the termites. There are around 2200 species living mostly at the equator, but generally found worldwide, except in arctic conditions. 41 of the species are resident in North America. Termites are palid, often white, and have biting mouth parts. Their light color has earned them the name "white ants," although there are many dissimilarities between termites and ants. [eng] |
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