Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Termes subhyalinus Rambur, 1842: 307 []

Additional records in the literature:

• Walker 1853: 519 ["Termes subhyalinus"] []
• Hagen 1855: 280, 289, 291 ["Termes subhyalinus"]
• Hagen 1862: 60, 83 ["Termes subhyalinus"]
• Hegh 1922: figs. 53, 65 [" "]
• Snyder 1949: 209 ["Termes subhyalinus"]
• Harris 1968: 2, 15, fig. 11 ["Macrotermes bellicosus", misidentification]
• Ruelle 1970: 419-428, figs. 96-122 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"] [] [fig:]
• Bouillon & Mathot 1971: 13, table: no. 378 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Weir 1973: 509-520 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Weidner 1974: 62-63 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Ruelle 1975: 11 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Ruelle et al. 1975: 82-84, fig. 4 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wyss-Huber & Lüscher 1975: 1697-1704 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Lüscher 1976: 91-103 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wood 1976: 149, table 6.1 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Abo-Khatwa 1977: 253-256 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Bruinsma & Leuthold 1977: 257-258 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Bühlmann 1977: 259-261 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Darlington 1977: 246-248 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Ella & Malaka 1977: 65, 67 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Lanzrein et al. 1977: 265-268 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Lepage 1977: 249-252 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Okot-Kotber 1977: 262-264 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Prestwich et al. 1977: 579-590 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Williams 1977: 122 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Abo-Khatwa 1978: 559-560 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Delbecque et al. 1978: 40-47 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Meinwald et al. 1978: 1169, 1173 ["Macrotermes nr. subhyalinus"]
• Roonwal 1978: 171 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Bayode 1979: 162 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Johnson 1979: 32 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Mathot 1979: 13 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Prestwich 1979: 469 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Johnson & Wood 1980: 279-293 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Johnson et al. 1980: 52, figs. 3, 4 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Medler 1980: 56 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Blum 1981: 480 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Johnson et al. 1981: 751-756 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Van der Werff 1981: 231-248, figs. 1-7 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wyss-Huber 1981: 71-86 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Arshad et al. 1982: 161-167, fig. 1a ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Collins 1982: 80-84 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Han & Bordereau 1982: 313-322 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Han & Bordereau 1982a: 17-28 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Nkunika 1982: 115 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wood et al. 1982: 25-39 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Badertscher et al. 1983: 115-119 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Chhotani & Bose 1983: 126 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Lepage 1983: 205-218 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Prestwich 1983: 294 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Darlington 1984: 481-492 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Howse 1984: 162 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Prestwich 1984: table 1 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wanyonyi et al. 1984: 5 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Weidner 1984: 6 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Sands 1987: 424, pl. 11.11: fig. 64, pl. 11.12: fig. 66 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Zimmerman & Darlington 1987: 637 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Chhotani 1988: 370 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Darlington 1988: 81-83 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Bagine et al. 1989: 125-132 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Cowie 1989: 161, 162, 163, table 1 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Leuthold et al. 1989: 328-338 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Pomeroy 1989: 219-236 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Wood & Thomas 1989: 74, 75, 76, table 1 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Cowie et al. 1990: 25, 28, table 1 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Darlington 1990: 158-168 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Leuthold 1990: 9-20 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Tahiri & Han 1990: 27-33 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Chhotani & Bose 1991: 260-261, 264 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Veivers et al. 1991: 675-682 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Han & Bordereau 1992: 219-231 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Slaytor 1992: 775-784 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Tahiri & Han 1993: 321-327 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Bagine et al. 1994: 498-506 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Anklin-Mühlemann et al. 1995: 929-940 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Kettler & Leuthold 1995: 145-156 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Sugimoto et al. 1997: 218 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Azariz & Rouland 1998: 69-75 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Han & Ndiaye 1998: 37-43 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Keller 1998: 241 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Jmhasly & Leuthold 1999: 23-33 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Jmhasly & Leuthold 1999a: 164-170 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Jmhasly & Leuthold 1999b: 332-340 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Kaib 1999: 337 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Munthali et al. 1999: 46, table 2 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Röhrig et al. 1999: 71-77 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Umeh et al. 1999: 251-256 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Affolter & Leuthold 2000: 256-262 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Turner 2000: 197-200, fig. 11.11 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Davison et al. 2001: 141, 142 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Kaib et al. 2002: 189-198 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Rouland-Lefèvre et al. 2002: 424-429 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Rouland et al. 2003: 309-316 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Kaib et al. 2004: 365-385 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Kouame et al. 2005: 103-113 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Pomeroy 2005: 319-341 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Pomeroy 2005a: 343-361 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Ndiaye & Han 2006: 60 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]
• Marten et al. 2009: 572-579 ["Macrotermes subhyalinus"]

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