Three new records of Microcerotermes Silvestri (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) from West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Rituparna Sengupta
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • K. Rajmohana
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/150766

Keywords:

Distribution, Microcerotermes annandalei, M. fletcheri, M. pakistanicus, Termite

Abstract

Three species of termites identified as Microcerotermes annandalei Silvestri, Microcerotermes fletcheri Holmgren & Holmgren, and Microcerotermes pakistanicus Akhtar (Isoptera: Termitidae) collected recently from West Bengal, are hereby reported as new records to the state. Earlier only two species of this genus were documented. Microcerotermes pakistanicus is for the first time reported as a minor pest of babul and bamboo.

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2020-09-06

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Sengupta, R., & Rajmohana, K. (2020). Three new records of <i>Microcerotermes</i> Silvestri (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) from West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(3), 263–266. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/150766

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Volume 120, Issue 3, 2020

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