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Isoptera

the insect order containing the termites, which live in colonies and have a complex system of castes.
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Characterization of general esterases in workers of the eastern subterranean termites (Isopteran: Rhinotermitidae).
Effect of Pirimiphos-Methyl on Esterases of Different Developmental Stages of Three Strains of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.) - An Electrophoretic Study
We hypothesized that gut antifungal activity is an ancestral feature and was maintained during the radiation of the isopteran lineage.
Inhibition of the fungal pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae in the alimentary tracts of five termite (Isoptera) species
Lizards from Jalisco, fed mainly on homopterans, coleopterans, hymenopteran, orthopterans and isopterans (Medica & Arndt, 1976).
COMPOSICION DE LA DIETA DE SCELOPORUS HORRIDUS HORRIDUS (SAURIA: PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) EN BOSQUE TROPICAL CADUCIFOLIO, MEXICO
In autumn, a small return of coleopterans as well as isopterans in the menu of the hedgehog is observed.
Trophic ecology of the desert hedgehog Hemiechinus aethiopicus Ehrenberg, 1833 in the Mergueb natural reserve (M'Sila, Algeria)

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