Termite Database

Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Macrotermes aleemi Akhtar, 1975

Macrotermes aleemi Akhtar, 1975: 61-65 [soldierworker]

Type data: holotype: major soldier (ZUPL)
Type-locality: Bangladesh: Ukhia

Additional records in the literature:


imago = imago;  soldier = soldier;   worker = worker

References

  1. Ahmad, M. 1986. Termite research in Pakistan. Proceedings of the Pakistan Congress of Zoology, 15--30.
  2. Ahmad, M.; M.S. Akhtar 2002. Catalogue of the termites (Isoptera) of the Oriental region. Pakistan Journal of Zoology (Supplement) 2: 1-86.
  3. Akhtar, M.S. 1975. Taxonomy and zoogeography of the termites (Isoptera) of Bangladesh. Bulletin of the Department of Zoology, University of the Panjab (n.s.) 7: 1-199.
  4. Bose, G. 1999. Termite fauna of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 171: 1-148.
  5. Chaudhry, M.I.; M. Ahmad; N.K. Malik; M.S. Akhtar; M. Arshad 1972. Termites of Pakistan: identity, distribution and ecological relationships [final technical report]. . Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan Forest Institute (3 pp. + 3 pls).
  6. Chhotani, O.B. 1997. The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Isoptera (Termites): (family Termitidae). Vol. 2. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 800 p.
  7. Thakur, M.L. 1984. A review of the family Macrotermitidae (Isoptera) from the Oriental region. Oriental Insects 17: 35-77.