Reticulitermes lucifugus
Appearance
Reticulitermes lucifugus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Blattodea |
Infraorder: | Isoptera |
Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
Genus: | Reticulitermes |
Species: | R. lucifugus
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Binomial name | |
Reticulitermes lucifugus (Rossi, 1792)
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Reticulitermes lucifugus is classified as a species of termite in the genus Reticulitermes. Its diet consists mainly of rotten timber and logs.[1] It is found in the Provence region,[2] Italy,[3] and the Broadleaf woodlands[1] of North America.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Atlas of World Wildlife. Galley Press. 1973. ISBN 0862834902.
- ^ Biosystematics of Reticulitermes termites in Europe: morphological, chemical and molecular data. J.-L. Clément, A.-G. Bagnères, P. Uva, L. Wilfert, A. Quintana, J. Reinhard and S. Dronnet, Insectes Sociaux, 2001, Volume 48, Number 3, pages 202-215, doi:10.1007/PL00001768
- ^ Marini, Mario; Ferrari, Roberto (December 1998). "A Population Survey of the Italian Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes lucifugus lucifugus Rossi in Bagnacavallo (Ravenna, Italy), Using the Triple Mark Recapture Technique (TMR)". Zoological Science. 15 (6): 963–969. doi:10.2108/zsj.15.963.