TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of the termitophilous subfamily Termitoxeniinae (Diptera
T2 - Phoridae) in Japan, with description of a new genus and species
AU - Maruyama, Munetoshi
AU - Komatsu, Takashi
AU - Disney, R. Henry L.
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PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - The subfamily Termitoxeniinae is discovered in Nansei-shotô, Japan and the following species are recorded, described and keyed: Clitelloxenia formosanaShiraki 1925, Horologiphora sinensisDisney 1997, Pseudotermitoxenia nitobeiShiraki 1925, and Selenophora shimadai Maruyama et Disney, gen. et sp. nov. BrevrostrophoraDisney 1997 and B. fuscotergaDisney 1997 are synonymized with PseudotermitoxeniaShiraki 1925 and P. nitobei, respectively. These species were collected from the fungus garden of the fungus growing termite Odontotermes formosanus Shiraki on the islands of Ishigaki-jima and Iriomote-jima of Nansei-shotô, Japan.
AB - The subfamily Termitoxeniinae is discovered in Nansei-shotô, Japan and the following species are recorded, described and keyed: Clitelloxenia formosanaShiraki 1925, Horologiphora sinensisDisney 1997, Pseudotermitoxenia nitobeiShiraki 1925, and Selenophora shimadai Maruyama et Disney, gen. et sp. nov. BrevrostrophoraDisney 1997 and B. fuscotergaDisney 1997 are synonymized with PseudotermitoxeniaShiraki 1925 and P. nitobei, respectively. These species were collected from the fungus garden of the fungus growing termite Odontotermes formosanus Shiraki on the islands of Ishigaki-jima and Iriomote-jima of Nansei-shotô, Japan.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00409.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00409.x
M3 - Article
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SN - 1343-8786
VL - 14
SP - 75
EP - 81
JO - Entomological Science
JF - Entomological Science
IS - 1
ER -