A genera list of Termitidae (Insecta: Isoptera) from Colombia

Abstract (en):

Isoptera es un orden de tamaño mediano de insectos eusociales comúnmente conocidos como termitas, los cuales se encuentran entre los insectos mas antiguos, con fósiles de130 millones de años (Cancello & Myles 2000; Takuya & Masahiko 2001). Dentro de los ecosistemas cumplen una función importante como consumidores primarios de celulosay descomponedores de materia orgánica, madera y mantillo; junto con las hormigas, ocupan cerca de un tercio del total de la biomasa animal de artrópodos de los bosques húmedos tropicales de la Amazonía (Takuya & Masahiko 2001).

Keywords:

Termitas, Termitidae, Apicotermitina, Nasutitermitinae, Termitinae, Colombia (es)

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Vargas-Niño, A. P., & Serna-Cardona, F. J. (2005). A genera list of Termitidae (Insecta: Isoptera) from Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 6(2). Retrieved from https://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/158

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