Biology:Reticulitermes lucifugus

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Short description: Species of termite

Reticulitermes lucifugus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Infraorder: Isoptera
Family: Rhinotermitidae
Genus: Reticulitermes
Species:
R. lucifugus
Binomial name
Reticulitermes lucifugus
(Rossi, 1792)

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Atlas of World Wildlife. Galley Press. ISBN 0862834902. 
  2. 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
  3. 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. https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-15/issue-6/zsj.15.963/A-Population-Survey-of-the-Italian-Subterranean-Termite-Reticulitermes-lucifugus/10.2108/zsj.15.963.full. Retrieved 11 June 2023. 

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