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Macrotermitinae

Fungus-growing termites

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Termite mound (Macrotermes sp), Tarangire, Tanzania
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Phylogeny after Aanen et al. (2003).
Containing group: Termitidae

Other Names for Macrotermitinae

References

Aanen, D. K., P. Eggleton, C. Rouland-Lefévre, T. Guldberg-Froslev, S. Rosendahl, and J. J. Boomsma. 2002. The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (23): 14887-14892.

Aanen, D. K. and P. Eggleton. 2005. Fungus-growing termites originated in African rain forest. Current Biology 15(9): 851-855.

Engel, M. S. and K. Krishna. 2004. An overlooked family-group name for termites (Isoptera). Entomological News 115(3): 168.

Kambhampati, S. and P. Eggleton. 2000. Phylogenetics and Taxonomy. Pages 1-23 in: Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology. T. Abe, D. E. Bignell, and M. Higashi, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht.

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Termite mound (Macrotermes sp), Tarangire, Tanzania
Scientific Name Macrotermes sp.
Location Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Comments The woman in the picture is 1.50m high, thus the top of the mound is over 5m above ground level.
Copyright © 2005
Scientific Name Macrotermes gilvus
Location Java
Reference J. Desneux. 1904. Isoptera. Fam. Termitidae. Genera Insectorum de P. Wytsman 25:1-53.
Sex Queen
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