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Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics

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Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. (2013): Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 3652 (3): 381-391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.3.6

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