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An integrative revision of the genus Isognathotermes (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae) with description of seven new species and four new subspecies
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- Josens, Guy1
- Deligne, Jean2
- Harry, Myriam3
- Roy, Virginie4
- Akama, Pierre D.5
- Coulibaly, Tenon6
- Dosso, Kanvaly7
- Goergen, Georg8
- Hasson, Michel9
- Kasangij, Patrick Kasangij A10
- Kifukieto, Carmel11
- Ru, Bruno Le12
- Loko, Laura Estelle Yêyinou13
- Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Baila14
- Roisin, Yves15
- Sion, Noémie1
- Šobotnik, Jan16
- Stiblik, Petr17
- Kuenda, Soki Kue Di18
- Traoré, Saran19
- Viage, Manuela18
- Wango, Solange Patricia20
- Kaymak, Esra21
- Bourguignon, Thomas22
- Hellemans, Simon22
- 1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie des Organismes, Écologie végétale et Biogéochimie, Av. Roosevelt 50 - cp 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
- 2. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie des Organismes, Écologie végétale et Biogéochimie, Av. Roosevelt 50 - cp 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. & Royal Museum for Central Africa, Entomology, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
- 3. UMR EGCE (Evolution, Génomes, Comportement, Evolution), Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - IRD, Bat IDEEV, 12 route 128, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- 4. Univ Paris Est Créteil, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement, IEES, F-94010 Créteil, France.
- 5. Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.
- 6. Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Côte d'Ivoire.
- 7. Université Nangui Abrogoua, Côte d'Ivoire.
- 8. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 08 BP 0932 Tri Postal, Cotonou, Benin.
- 9. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Ornithology, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.
- 10. Université de Lubumbashi, DRC
- 11. Université de Kinshasa, DRC.
- 12. Laboratoire Evolution Génomes Comportement et Ecologie, UMR CNRS 9191, IRD 247 and Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, France.
- 13. Université Nationale des Sciences, Technologies, Ingénierie et Mathématiques (UNSTIM), BP 486 Abomey, Sogbo-Aliho, Benin.
- 14. Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (IFAN), Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- 15. Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 16. Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic, and Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
- 17. Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic.
- 18. Universidade Agostinho Neto, Angola.
- 19. Université Nazi Boni, Burkina Faso.
- 20. Université de Bangui, Central African Republic.
- 21. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
- 22. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
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Josens, Guy, Deligne, Jean, Harry, Myriam, Roy, Virginie, Akama, Pierre D., Coulibaly, Tenon, Dosso, Kanvaly, Goergen, Georg, Hasson, Michel, Kasangij, Patrick Kasangij A, Kifukieto, Carmel, Ru, Bruno Le, Loko, Laura Estelle Yêyinou, Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Baila, Roisin, Yves, Sion, Noémie, Šobotnik, Jan, Stiblik, Petr, Kuenda, Soki Kue Di, Traoré, Saran, Viage, Manuela, Wango, Solange Patricia, Kaymak, Esra, Bourguignon, Thomas, Hellemans, Simon (2025): An integrative revision of the genus Isognathotermes (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae) with description of seven new species and four new subspecies. European Journal of Taxonomy 1024: 1-197, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1024.3099, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3099/13837
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