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First record of three species of Termitidae (Blattodea: Isoptera) from India along with first description of worker caste of Ahmaditermes pyricephalus Akhtar

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Sengupta, Rituparna, Baraik, Balmohan, Rajmohana, K. (2022): First record of three species of Termitidae (Blattodea: Isoptera) from India along with first description of worker caste of Ahmaditermes pyricephalus Akhtar. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4): 349-357, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/160245

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