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Pafuri, Limpopo, South Africa
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Syaukani, Graham J. Thompson, Seiki Yamane
Zookeys
Figures 1–3.Soldiers of Hospitalitermes krishnai sp. n. Head in dorsal view 1, head in profile 2, and pronotum 3. Scale bar: 0.3 mm 1, 2, 0.2 mm 3.
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Figures 20–21.Genuotermes spinifer worker gizzard: 20 Columnar and pulvillar belts 21 Detail of ornamentation on the columns.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Native cockroach.
Polyzosteria mitchelli (Angas)ID David RentzIt looked like a beetle as it ran along not far from
a light brown cockroach I photographed the same day.1.5cm long
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=InsectaSuperorder=DictyopteraOrder=BlattariaFamily=BlattidaeSubfamily=PolyzosteriinaeGenus=MegazosteriaSpecies=shawi Binomial name=Megazosteria shawiCommon name=Giant Desert Cockroach
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Don't you love the face?? :-))We visited one of our local bushland reserves today and found this beauty sitting on a shrub about 45cm from the ground. As I was photographing it a small insect flew past and the cockroach made a lunge toward it but missed.It was a large one - 35mmPolyzosteria fulgens MackerrasThanks for the ID David Rentz 14-1-2012
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Syaukani, Graham J. Thompson, Seiki Yamane
Zookeys
Figures 4–6.Hospitalitermes krishnai sp. n. Soldier 4 and workers 5–6. Habitus in profile 4, left 5 and right 6 mandibles. Scale bar: 0.5 mm 4, 0.1 mm 5–6.
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Figures 22–23.Genuotermes spinifer worker enteric valve: 22 Arrangement of the cushions 23 Detail of the cushions.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=InsectaSuperorder=DictyopteraOrder=BlattariaFamily=BlattidaeSubfamily=PolyzosteriinaeGenus=MegazosteriaSpecies=shawi Binomial name=Megazosteria shawiCommon name=Giant Desert Cockroach
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Polyzosteria fulgens MackerrasThanks for the ID David Rentz 14-1-2012
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Syaukani, Graham J. Thompson, Seiki Yamane
Zookeys
Figure 7.Soldiers and workers of Hospitalitermes krishnai sp. n are in processional column on forest floor. Workers are carrying food-balls and returning to the nest. Photo taken by Syaukani (2007).
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Figures 1–2.Genuotermes spinifer: Soldier mandibles in ventral view (mentum and maxillae removed): 1 Distance from the first marginal teeth to the apex (black arrow) and the cross length of mandible (white arrow) 2 Detail of the molar plate and prominence (arrows).
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Michael S. Engel, David A. Grimaldi, Paul C. Nascimbene, Hukam Singh
Zookeys
Figure 1.Photomicrographs of Cambay amber (Early Eocene) termites. A Nanotermes isaacae Engel & Grimaldi, gen. et sp. n., holotype (Termitidae: Tad-262) B Parastylotermes krishnai Engel & Grimaldi, sp. n., holotype (Stylotermitidae: Tad-277) C Zophotermes ashoki Engel & Singh, sp. n., holotype (Rhinotermitidae: Tad–42). Not to the same scale.
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Figure 24.Geographic records of Genuotermes spinifer from type-locality (black square), material examined from MZUSP (black circle), and samples deposited at INPA, MPEG and UnB.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaClass=InsectaSuperorder=DictyopteraOrder=BlattariaFamily=BlattidaeSubfamily=PolyzosteriinaeGenus=MegazosteriaSpecies=shawi Binomial name=Megazosteria shawiCommon name=Giant Desert Cockroach
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Michael S. Engel, David A. Grimaldi, Paul C. Nascimbene, Hukam Singh
Zookeys
Figure 3.Details of Parastylotermes krishnai Engel & Grimaldi, sp. n., holotype (Tad-277). A Forewing venation B Clypeus (from Tad-96) C Pretarsus, tarsus, and extreme apex of tibia D Detail of spur.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Michael S. Engel, David A. Grimaldi, Paul C. Nascimbene, Hukam Singh
Zookeys
Figure 2.Photomicrographs of dealate male and female of Prostylotermes kamboja Engel & Grimaldi, gen. et sp. n. (Stylotermitidae: Tad-321C). A Dorsal view of female B Ventral view of female C Ventral view of male. Not to the same scale.