Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Termes herus Sjöstedt, 1914: 79-81 []

Additional records in the literature:

• Hegh 1922: 687 ["Termes herus"]
• Sjöstedt 1926: 82, 88, 391 ["Amplitermes herus"]
• Ghidini 1938: 228 ["Bellicositermes herus"]
• Snyder 1949: 213 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Ruelle 1964: 56 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Harris 1968: 2, 15-16 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Ruelle 1970: 388-391, figs. 38-44 ["Macrotermes herus"] [] [fig:]
• Bouillon & Mathot 1971: 12, table: no. 371 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Johnson & Wood 1980: 279-293 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Johnson et al. 1980: 52 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Medler 1980: 56 ["Macrotermes heros"]
• Wanyonyi et al. 1984: 5 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Darlington 1988: 347-351 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Cowie et al. 1990: 25, 28, table 1 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Kaib et al. 2004: 12-15 ["Macrotermes herus"]
• Marten et al. 2009: 572-579 ["Macrotermes herus"]

References

1. Bouillon, A.; G. Mathot 1971. Quel est ce termite africain? . Zooleo (Kinshasa) 1 (Suppl. 2): 1-48 + 1 table.
2. Cowie, R.H.; T.G. Wood; E.A. Barnett; W.A. Sands; H.I.J. Black 1990. A checklist of the termites of Ethiopia with a review of their biology, distribution and pest status. African Journal of Ecology 28 (1): 21-33.
3. Darlington, J.P.E.C. 1988. Multiple reproductives in nests of Macrotermes herus (Isoptera: Termitidae). Sociobiology 14 (2): 347-351.
4. Ghidini, G.M. 1938. Le termiti dell’Africa orientale italiana e loro importanza economica. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 1: 221-235.
5. Harris, W.V. 1968. Termites of the Sudan. Sudan Natural History Museum Bulletin 4: 1-29.
6. Hegh, E. 1922. Les termites. Partie générale: description, distribution géographique. Classification. Biologie. Vie sociale. Alimentation. Construction. Rapports avec le monde extérieur. Bruxelles: Imprimerie Industrielle and Financière (Société Anonyme).
7. Johnson, R.A.; R.W. Lamb; W.A. Sands; M.O. Shittu; R.M.C. Williams; T.G. Wood 1980. A check list of Nigerian termites (Isoptera) with brief notes on their biology and distribution. Nigerian Field 45 (2-3): 50-64.
8. Johnson, R.A.; T.G. Wood 1980. Termites of the arid zones of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Sociobiology 5 (3): 279-293.
9. Kaib, M.; W. Kinuthia; R. Bagnine; R. Brandl 2004. Chemical battles in the ‘Castles of Clay.’ . Nature East Africa 34 (2): 12-15.
10. 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.
11. Medler, J.T. 1980. Insects of Nigeria—check list and bibliography. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 30: 1-919.
12. Ruelle, J.E. 1964. Preliminaires à une révision des Macrotermes de la faune Congolaise. pp. 55-68 In: A. Bouillon, Études sur les termites africains: un colloque international, Université Lovanium, Léopoldville, 11-16 Mai 1964 sous les auspices de l’UNESCO. Léopoldville [Kinshasa]: Éd. de l’Université.
13. Ruelle, J.E. 1970. A revision of the termites of the genus Macrotermes from the Ethiopian region (Isoptera: Termitidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 24 (9): 363-444.
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15. Sjöstedt, Y. 1926. Revision der Termiten Afrikas. 3. Monographie. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (3) 3 (1): 1-419.
16. Snyder, T.E. 1949. Catalog of termites (Isoptera) of the world. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 112 (3953): 1-490.
17. Wanyonyi, K.; J.P.E.C. Darlington; R.K.N. Bagine 1984. Checklist of the species of termites (Isoptera) recorded from East Africa. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 181: 1-10 + [1 (errata)].