Synonymy of Two Arboreal Termites (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae): Nasutitermes corniger from the Neotropics and N. polygynus from New Guinea
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Morphological examination of soldiers and imagos assigned to Nasutitermes polygynus from New Guinea were determined to be conspecific with the neotropical species, N. corniger. A portion of the mtDNA 16S rRNA gene was sequenced from nine N. corniger samples and found to be congruent with that reported for N. polygynus. Complementary biological, behavioral, chemical, and reproductive ecology data further support this synonymy. Nasutitermes corniger was likely introduced to New Guinea as a result of accidental human transport.View this article in BioOne
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