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Mutilation of the Primary Reproductives in Termites of the Genus Macrotermes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

J. P. E. C. Darlington
J. P. E. C. Darlington
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Damage to the antennae was equally common in kings and queens, and was randomly distributed. Damage to the legs was commoner in queens than in kings, and was not randomly distributed. Damage to many or all the legs of one individual may be symptomatic of degeneration due to age.

Résumé

Le dommage porté aux antennes était aussi courant chez les rois que chez les reines, et distribué au hazard. Au contraire le dommage porté aux pattes était plus courant chez les reines que chez les rois, et n'était pas distribué au hazard. Il est possible que le dommage porté a la plupart ou même à toutes les pattes soit symptomatique de dégénérescence due à l'àge.

Keywords

Macrotermes michaelseniM. subhyalinusprimary reproductivesmutilationscarsantennaelegsparalysisage
Type
Research Articles
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 81 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1988

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Darlington, J. P. E. C. (1985) Multiple primary reproductives in nests of the termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjöstedt). In Caste Differentiation in Social Insects (Edited by Watson, J. A. L., Okot-Kotber, B. M. and Noirot, Ch.), pp. 187–200. Pergamon Press, U.K.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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