Cuticular hydrocarbons of termites of the British Virgin Islands
Cuticular hydrocarbons of termites of the British Virgin Islands
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DOI：
10.1023/b:joec.0000006381.75185.86
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发表时间：
1997-04-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Thorne, BL
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作者：
Haverty, MI;Collins, MS;Thorne, BL
对英属维尔京群岛（BVI）17个岛屿的白蚁（等翅目）进行了调查，发现了属于3个科的8个分类群。木白蚁科包括单新白蚁（Banks）、短隐白蚁（步行者）、角头原隐白蚁（Snyder）和一种未定种的Incisitermes，可能是Incisitermes nr snyderi（Light）或I.门齿（Silvestri）。唯一收集到的鼻白蚁是一种未确定的异白蚁（Froggatt）。Parvitermes wolcotti（Snyder），Nasutitermes costalis（Holmgren），和N. acajutlae（Holmgren）包括白蚁科（Termitidae）。表皮碳氢化合物混合物的特征在于每个类群。丰富的碳氢化合物的混合物是种特异性的，可以用来确定一个给定的分类没有诊断种姓，士兵，或imagoes，虽然Incisitermes的物种是不可分离的表皮碳氢化合物的基础上。
A survey of the termites (Isoptera) of 17 islands of the British Virgin Island (BVI) complex yielded eight taxa belonging to three families. The Kalotermitidae include Neotermes mono (Banks), Cryptotermes brevis (Walker), Procryptotermes corniceps (Snyder), and an undetermined species of Incisitermes, likely Incisitermes nr snyderi (Light) or I. incisus (Silvestri). The only rhinotermitid collected is an undetermined species of Heterotermes (Froggatt). Parvitermes wolcotti (Snyder), Nasutitermes costalis (Holmgren), and N. acajutlae (Holmgren) comprise the Termitidae. Cuticular hydrocarbon mixtures were characterized for each of the taxa. Blends of abundant hydrocarbons are species-specific and can be used to identify a given taxon without the diagnostic castes, soldiers, or imagoes, although the species of Incisitermes were not separable on the basis of cuticular hydrocarbons.