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Genus Coptotermes


A global taxonomic road map for species validity and distribution of an economically important subterranean termite genus
By Chouvenc, T., Li, H-F., Austin W. J., Bordereau, C., Su, N-Y.
Systematic Entomology, 2016
Full title: Revisiting Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): A global taxonomic road map for species validity and distribution of an economically important subterranean termite genus

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Review of secondary reproduction in termites with comments on its role in termite ecology and social evolution
By Myles, T. G.
Sociobiology Vol. 33 (1), 1999

Sexual Castes and Reproductive Strategies in Termites
By Noirot C
Engels W. (eds) Social Insects. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1990

Isoptera
By Šobotník, J., and Dahlsjo, C.
Reference Module in Life Sciences, 2017

Workers of a drywood termite do not work
By Korb, J., and K. Schneider
Frontiers in Zoology 4, 2007

Keys to Soldier and Winged Adult Termites (Isoptera) of Florida
By Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Nan-Yao Su
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 77, No. 4: 460-474, 1994

A survey of structure-infesting termites of peninsular Florida.
By Scheffrahn R.H.,Mangold J.R., Su N.-Y.
Florida Entomologist 71 (4): 615–630, 1988

Catalog of the living termites of the New World (Insecta: Isoptera)
By Reginaldo Constantino
Arquivos De Zoologia, 35(2), 135-230. , 1998