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A worker termite. The holotype, collected and first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, has a clear red-brown head with a width of 3.8 mm. The unusually large head of M. viator is distinctive among Hodotermitidae.
The termite workers forage at night, gathering dead grass, grass litter and woody litter. In savannah woodland, leaves from Croton megalocarpus, Philenoptera violacea, Vachellia erioloba and Colophospermum mopane forms the bulk of the leaf litter collected, with elephant dung being favoured at the end of the dry season.
Termites collected from the field could be tested for the rabbit-IgG markers using a rabbit-IgG-specific assay. More recently developed, less expensive alternatives include tracking the termites using egg white, cow milk, or soy milk proteins, which can be sprayed on termites in the field.
Kalotermes brouni is a species of drywood termite of the genus Kalotermes. It is native to New Zealand , and is the most abundant of New Zealand's three termite species. [ 1 ] It is distinguished from introduced Australian termites by its hexagonal droppings.
The termites collect and chew up dead wood, leaf litter and other vegetable debris, depositing their primary faeces as new portions of the fungus garden. [11] The fungus grow through the comb. The termites eat spherules [note 1] and old combs. [12] The fungus forms mushrooms for spreading spores.
The Macrotermitinae, the fungus-growing termites, constitute a subfamily of the family Termitidae that is only found within the Old World tropics.. This subfamily consists of 12 genera and about 350 species and are distinguished by the fact that they cultivate fungi inside their nests to feed the members of the colony.
The termites travel as far as 35 m (115 ft) from the nest in their search for suitable materials to collect for their fungus comb. Searching is initiated by workers, or sometimes soldiers, which leave the nest area to forage in the open, often at night.
The termites visibly eroded the poles' base and structural strength, causing 53% of infested poles to tilt. [4] Some species of Macrotermes are eaten by humans in Africa. Alates are eaten the most, but workers and soldiers are also eaten and they are available throughout the year, unlike alates.
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