Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Termes (Termes) michaelseni Sjöstedt, 1914: 77-79 []

Additional records in the literature:

• Sjöstedt 1914: 2 ["Termes (Termes) michaelseni"]
• Hegh 1922: 408, 687 ["Termes michaelseni"]
• Sjöstedt 1926: 82, 83, 88, 391 ["Amplitermes Michaelseni"] []
• Snyder 1949: 214 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Weidner 1955: 250 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Weidner 1961: 42 ["Bellicositermes michaelseni"]
• Ruelle 1964: 56 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Bouillon & Mathot 1965: 48 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Weidner 1966: 224 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Ruelle 1970: 398 ["Termes (Termes) Michaelseni"]
• Coaton & Sheasby 1972: 8 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Ruelle 1977: 119 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1980: 361-376 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1980a: 407-416 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1980b: 655-659 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Lepage 1981: 297-308 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Lepage 1981a: 309-319 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1981: 233-246 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Oloo 1981: 162-168 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber & Leuthold 1981: 371-382 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Arshad et al. 1982: 161-167, fig. 1b ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1982: 237-247 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1982a: 54-58 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Kaib et al. 1982: 1193-1205 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Nkunika 1982: 115 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1982: 905-910 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber & Darlington 1982: 39-42 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber & Kokwaro 1982: 147-153 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber & Leuthold 1982: 457-465 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber & Leuthold 1982a: 979-985 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Boutton et al. 1983: 1-6 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Lepage 1983: 205-218 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• MacFarlane 1983: 309-318 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1983: 41-47 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1983a: 409-417 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Prestwich 1983: 294 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber 1983: 204-209 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Oloo 1984: 259-262 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Wanyonyi et al. 1984: 5 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Abe & Darlington 1985: 59-74, figs. 3, 4 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1985: 209-218 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1985a: 187-200 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1985b: 149-156 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Lanzrein et al. 1985: 307-327 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1985: 87-103 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Okot-Kotber 1985a: 267-306 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Prestwich 1985: 447 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Sieber 1985: 201-207 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Thorne 1985: 325-341, table 1 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1986: 168-189 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Nkunika 1986: 48, 50, fig. 2B ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1987: 121-128 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington & Dransfield 1987: 165-180 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington & Ritchie 1987: 67-73 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1988: 81-83 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Jones et al. 1988: 116 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Bagine et al. 1989: 125-132 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Pomeroy 1989: 219-236 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Lepage 1990: 39-50 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Darlington 1991: 251-262 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Veivers et al. 1991: 675-682 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Slaytor 1992: 775-784 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Bagine et al. 1994: 498-506 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman & Dangerfield 1995: 33-38 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman & Dangerfield 1996: 29-38 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Higashi & Abe 1997: figs. 6.4, 6.5 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Kaib et al. 1997: 189-192 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman & Dangerfield 1997: 39-49 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Dangerfield et al. 1998: 507-520 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Keller 1998: 241 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Munthali et al. 1999: 46, table 2 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Dangerfield & Schuurman 2000: 717-731 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Kaib et al. 2000: 502-503 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Turner 2000: 143-175 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Turner 2000a: 195-200, figs. 11.8, 11.9, 11.12 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Brandl et al. 2001: 134-137 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Kaib et al. 2001: 231-237 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Turner 2001: 798-822 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Uys 2002: fig. 113 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Zeidler et al. 2002: 7-11 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Brandl et al. 2004: 294-298 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Brandl et al. 2005: 344-349 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Hacker et al. 2005: 1527-1532 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Pomeroy 2005: 319-341 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Pomeroy 2005a: 343-361 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman 2005: 1240, pl. 1 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Vohland & Deckert 2005: 110, 112, table 1 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman 2006: 373-389 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]
• Schuurman 2006a: 277-287 ["Macrotermes michaelseni"]

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