Rhinotermitidae

References

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Ohkuma, M., H. Yuzawa, W. Amornsak, Y. Sornnuwat, Y. Takematsu, A. Yamada, C. Vongkaluang, O. Sarnthoy, N. Kitibutr, N. Noparatnaraporn, T. Kudo, and T. Inoue. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Asian termites (Isoptera) of the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae based on mitochondrial COII sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(2): 701-710.

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Vargo, E. L. and C. Husseneder. 2009. Biology of subterranean termites: Insights from molecular studies of Reticulitermes and Coptotermes. Annual Review of Entomology 54:379 - 403.