Termite Database

Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Macrotermes bellicosus (Smeathman, 1781)

Zoogeographical Regions: Afrotropical

Distribution: Angola; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Yemen.

References

  1. Grassé, P.-P. 1937. Recherches sur la systématique et la biologie des termites de l’Afrique occidentale française. Première partie: Protermitidae, Mesotermitidae, Metatermitidae (Termitinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 106 (1): 1-100.
  2. Sjöstedt, Y. 1911. Neue Ost- und Westafrikanische Termiten. Entomologisk Tidskrift 32 (3-4): 173-188.
  3. Sjöstedt, Y. 1924. Neue Termiten im Kongo-Museum. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Bruxelles) 12 (1): 39-42.
  4. Smeathman, H. 1781. Some account of the termites, which are found in Africa and other hot climates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 71 (1): 139-192.