The Macrotermitinae, the fungus-growing termites, constitute a subfamily of the family Termitidae that is only found within the Old World tropics. This...
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of which are completely dependent on fungus-growing termites, the Macrotermitinae, to survive, and vice versa. They are the food source for these termites...
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Macrotermes is a genus of termites belonging to the subfamily Macrotermitinae and widely distributed throughout Africa and South-East Asia. Well-studied...
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1802 Subfamily Sphaerotermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004 Subfamily Macrotermitinae Kemner, 1934, nomen protectum [ICZN 2003] Subfamily Foraminitermitinae...
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colony of a southern African termite (Odontotermes transvaalensis: Macrotermitinae)". Journal of Arid Environments. 28 (3): 231–248. Bibcode:1994JArEn...
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relatives, with a less defined airy grooved structure common to other Macrotermitinae. The termites, rather than continuously build upon old fungus comb...
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mutualism with fungi is also noted in termites within the subfamily Macrotermitinae which are widely distributed throughout the Old World tropics with...
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(1998-08-01). "Experimental heating of Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) mounds: what role does microclimate play in influencing mound architecture...
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Odontotermes is a termite genus belonging to subfamily Macrotermitinae (fungus-growing termites), which is native to the Old World. They are most destructive...
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1802 subfamily Sphaerotermitinae Engel & Krishna, 2004 subfamily Macrotermitinae Kemner, 1934, nomen protectum [ICZN 2003] (synonyms: Acanthotermitinae...
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by dealates of the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) induced by chemical signals from termite corpses". Insectes Sociaux...
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A termite mound (Macrotermitinae) in the Okavango Delta just outside Maun, Botswana...
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studied. M. analis raids focus solely on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae and generally consist of 200 to 500 ants. The general foraging pattern...
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Around 330 species of termites in twelve genera of the subfamily Macrotermitinae cultivate a specialised fungus in the genus Termitomyces. The fungus...
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Hypotermes makhamensis is a species of termite in the subfamily Macrotermitinae of the family Termitidae. It lives in dry evergreen forests in tropical...
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cultivated by various species belonging to the subfamily of termites, macrotermitinae. Whilst not immediately related to species cultivated by leafcutter...
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Swarming behaviour of the termite Odontotermes feae (Termitidae : Macrotermitinae) in Dehra Dun (N.W. India) 1987 Total body lipid from different castes...
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Prorhinotermes, Reticulitermes, Heterotermes, Coptotermes Termitidae, Macrotermitinae: Pseudacanthotermes, Microtermes, Ancistrotermes, Macrotermes, Odontotermes...
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mound of Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae, Macrotermitinae)" in northern Namibia. Cimbebasia 16: 143-175. Turner, J. S. 1997....
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subsidiary fungus comb chambers nearby. Like other members of the subfamily Macrotermitinae, Odontotermes formosanus have a symbiosis with a fungus in the genus...
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