Author(s): H. Al-Kady, A. Badawi and A.A. Faragalla
Article publication date: 1987-08-01
Vol. 5 No. 2 (yearly), pp. 185-198.
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Keywords
termites, Saudi Arabia, morphological characters
Abstract
Based on the morphological characters of worker and soldier mandibular dentition and wing venation of alate forms, differentiation was made among 11 species of termites commonly found in Saudi Arabia: Anacanthotermes ochraceus (Burm.), A. ubachi (Navas), A. vagans (Hagen), Psammotermes hybostoma Desneux, Microcerotermes gabrielis Weidner, M. parvulus (Sjostedt), Amitermes messinae Fuller, A. vilis (Sands), Eremotermes sabaeus Harris, Microtermes najdensis Harris and M. yemenensis Wood.