Open AccessNew records of Termite species from Kerala (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Author(s) -
Poovoli Amina,
K. Rajmohana,
Karippadakam Bhavana,
P. P. Rabeeha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.3067.8.11.9334-9338
Subject(s) - termitidae , chatterjee , genus , biology , firewood , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , bengali
The present taxonomic study on the termites of Kerala, reports six species and one genus for the first time from the state. They are Odontotermes yadevi Thakur, Microtermes unicolor Snyder Grallatotermes niger Chatterjee and Thapa, Nasutitermes matangensis matangensis (Haviland), Dicuspiditermes gravelyi (Silvestri) and Microcerotermes minor Holmgren. The Genus Grallatotermes Holmgren is documented for the first time from Kerala. O. yadevi recovered from firewood is hereby added to the list of wood destroying termites of India.