Description of a new subspecies of the genus Microcerotermes Silvestri, 1901 (Amitermitinae: Termitidae: Isoptera) and the first record of another termite species from Meghalaya, India

Authors

  • Khirod Sankar Das Department of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya 973022, India
  • Sudipta Choudhury Department of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya 973022, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5367.12.4.15499-15502

Keywords:

Microcerotermes labioangulatus wahkdaitensis, Reticulitermes chinensis, taxonomy, termite

Abstract

 A new subspecies, Microcerotermes labioangulatus wahkdaitensis from Meghalaya, India is described.  With the description of this subspecies, the genus Microcerotermes is reported for the time from the state. Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder, 1923 is also recorded for the first time from the state and its morphometrics has been revised.

 

Author Biographies

Khirod Sankar Das, Department of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya 973022, India

Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, NEHU, Shillong-22

Sudipta Choudhury, Department of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya 973022, India.

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, NEHU, Shillong-22

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Snyder, T.E. (1923). A new Reticultitermes from the orient. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(6): 107–109.

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26-03-2020

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Vol. 12 No. 4 (2020)

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