Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Termes falciger Gerstäcker, 1891: 186 []

Additional records in the literature:

• Snyder 1949: 209, 213 ["Termes falicifer"]
• Weidner 1955: 250 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Weidner 1966: 224 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Ruelle 1970: 381-388, figs. 23-37 ["Macrotermes falciger"] [] [fig:]
• Bouillon & Mathot 1971: 12, table: no. 370 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Phelps et al. 1975: 123-132 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Ruelle et al. 1975: 75-77, fig. 1 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Roonwal et al. 1980: 153 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Nkunika 1982: 115 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Roonwal 1984: 15, figs. 5c, d ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Wanyonyi et al. 1984: 5 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Nkunika 1986: 48, 50 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Wood & Thomas 1989: 74, table 1 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Sands 1998: 92 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Munthali et al. 1999: 46, table 2 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Darlington et al. 2001: 527-538 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Davison et al. 2001: 141, 142 ["Macrotermes falciger"]
• Marten et al. 2009: 572-579 ["Macrotermes falciger"]

References

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2. Darlington, J.P.E.C.; M. Kaib; R. Brand 2001. Termites (Isoptera) in forest remnants and forest islands in the Shimba Hills National Reserve, Coastal Province of Kenya. Sociobiology 37 (3B): 527-538.
3. Davison, D.; J.P.E.C. Darlington; C.E. Cook 2001. Species-level systematics of some Kenyan termites of the genus Odontotermes (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) using mitochondrial DNA, morphology, and behaviour. Insectes Sociaux 48: 138-143.
4. Gerstäcker, A. 1891. Die von Herrn Dr. F. Stuhlmann in Ostafrika gesammelten Termiten, Odonaten und Neuropteren. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 9: 183-191.
5. Marten, A.; M. Kaib; R. Brandl 2009. Cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes do not indicate cryptic species in fungus-growing termites (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 572-579.
6. Munthali, D.C.; J.W.M. Logan; T.G. Wood; G.K.C. Nyirenda 1999. Termite distribution and damage to crops on smallholder farms in southern Malawi. Insect Science and Its Application 19 (1): 43-49.
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8. Nkunika, P.O.Y. 1986. An ecological survey of the termites (Isoptera) of Lochinvar National Park, Zambia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49 (1): 45-53.
9. Phelps, R.J.; J.K. Struthers; S.J.L. Moyo 1975. Investigations into the nutritive value of Macrotermes falciger (Isoptera: Termitidae). Zoologica Africana 10 (2): 123-132.
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