Article

Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science

December 2011, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp 148-151

First online: 17 March 2012

An identification guide to the wood destroying termites of south India

• Rashmi R. Shanbhag
• , R. Sundararaj

Abstract 

This paper provides a user friendly pictorial guide for the identification of 15 wood destroying termites of south India with distinct characters and routes. The species included in the key are Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann), Heterotermes malabaricus Snyder, Microcerotermes flecheri Holmgren and Holmgren, Microtermes obesiHolmgren, Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren, O. bellahunisensis Holmgren and Holmgren, O. bhagwatiiChatterjee and Thakur, O. bruneus (Hagen), O. ceylonicus(Wasmann), O. feae (Wasmann), O. horni (Wasmann), O. obesus (Rambur), O. redemanni (Wasmann), O. wallonensis(Wasmann) and Nasutitermes sp.

Keywords

Termite identification South India Rhinotermitidae Termitidae Nasutitermitinae Amitermitinae Macrotermitinae

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Title

An identification guide to the wood destroying termites of south India

Journal

Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science
Volume 8, Issue 2 , pp 148-151

Cover Date

2011-12

DOI

10.1007/s13196-012-0028-9

Print ISSN

0972-172X

Online ISSN

0976-8432

Publisher

Springer-Verlag

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Author Affiliations

• 1. Wood Biodegradation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangalore, 560 003, India

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