Termitidae: Macrotermitinae

Bellicositermes jeanneli Grassé, 1937: 71-73 []

Additional records in the literature:

• Weber 1943: 285, 286, 295, 296, 351 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Grassé 1949: fig. 164 ["Bellicositermes jeanneli"]
• Snyder 1949: 214 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Ghidini 1955: 69-70 ["Bellicositermes Jeanneli"]
• Grassé & Noirot 1961: 323, 324, 340, pl. 2 ["Bellicositermes jeanneli", misidentification]
• Mathur & Thapa 1962: 56 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Ruelle 1964: 56 ["Macrotermes bellicosus jeanneli"]
• Bouillon & Mathot 1965: 48 ["Bellicositermes bellicosus jeanneli"]
• Harris 1968: 15 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Ruelle 1970: 419 ["Bellicositermes jeanneli"]
• Bagine et al. 1989: 125-132 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Darlington et al. 1997: 491-510 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Sugimoto et al. 1997: 218 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Davison et al. 2001: 141, 142 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Kaib et al. 2004: 12-15, fig. 1 ["Macrotermes jeannelli"]
• Leuthold et al. 2004: 26-37 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Darlington 2005: 408-409 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]
• Marten et al. 2009: 572-579 ["Macrotermes jeanneli"]

References

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2. Bouillon, A.; G. Mathot 1965. Quel est ce termite africain? . Zooleo (Kinshasa) 1: 1-115.
3. Darlington, J.P.E.C. 2005. Distinctive fossilised termite nests at Laetoli, Tanzania. Insectes Sociaux 52: 408-409.
4. Darlington, J.P.E.C.; P.R. Zimmerman; J. Greenberg; C. Westberg; P. Bakwin 1997. Production of metabolic gases by nests of the termite Macrotermes jeanneli in Kenya. Journal of Tropical Ecology 13 (4): 491-510.
5. 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.
6. Ghidini, G.M. 1955. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari. Termitidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 15: 69-82.
7. Grassé, P.-P. 1937. Mission de l’Omo. Le Bellicositermes jeanneli, n. sp. Constructeur de grandes termitières à chiminée. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 42 (5): 71-73.
8. Grassé, P.-P. 1949. Ordre des isoptères ou termites. pp. 408-544 In: P.-P. Grassé, Traité de zoologie. Vol. 9. Paris: Masson et Cie.
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