Revision of Diagnostic Morphometric Traits in Four Caribbean Species of Heterotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

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2016-03-30

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To determine robust diagnostic morphological characters of four Caribbean termite species in the genus Heterotermes (H. cardini, H. convexinotatus, H. tenuis, and H. sp.), with genetic information enabling assessment of the utility of four pronotal indices as specific identifiers.

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Biological Sciences (The Ohio State University Denman Undergraduate Research Forum)

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Morphometrics, Species limits, Rhinotermitidae, Heterotermes, Termite taxonomy

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