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Distribution and post-settlement survival in the field by reproductive pairs ofHodotermes mossambicus Hagen (Isoptera, Hodotermitidae)

Distribution et survie sur le terrain des couples reproducteurs d'Hodotermes mossambicus Hagen (Isoptera, Hodotermitidae) après leur installation dans le sol

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Debris-piles made byHodotermes mossambicus dealates digging-in after a nuptial flight were found in bushed grassland in central Kenya following unseasonal rain. Their density and survival were estimated, and their distribution examined. These are the first records of post-flight settlement density and survival in the field.

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A la suite d'une chute de pluie survenue hors saison, on a trouvé, dans une prairie arbustive du centre du Kenya, des tas de déblais rejetés par desHodotermes mossambicus désailés lors de leur enfouissement après le vol nuptial. On a estimé la densité et la survie de ces Termites et examiné leur distribution. Ce sont les premières données enregistrées sur la densité et la survie sur le terrain des couples reproducteurs lors de leur installation dans le sol après le vol nuptial.

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  1. Insternational Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya

    J. P. E. C. Darlington

  2. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, College House, Wrights Lane, W8 5SJ, London

    W. A. Sands

  3. Kenyatta College, University of Nairobi, Kenya

    D. E. Pomeroy

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  1. J. P. E. C. Darlington
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Darlington, J.P.E.C., Sands, W.A. & Pomeroy, D.E. Distribution and post-settlement survival in the field by reproductive pairs ofHodotermes mossambicus Hagen (Isoptera, Hodotermitidae). Ins. Soc 24, 353–358 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223786

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