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Ebogotermes raphaeli, new genus and new species, an African soldierless termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

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  • 1. 4 Département des sciences biologiques, Ecole normale supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I, BP 47 Yaoundé, Cameroon. pieakama@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-3837
  • 2. Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic.

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Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Roisin, Yves, Akama, Pierre Dieudonné, Šobotník, Jan (2021): Ebogotermes raphaeli, new genus and new species, an African soldierless termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). Zootaxa 5067 (2): 279-284, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.10

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/3607
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Publication: 10.3897/zookeys.787.28195 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.12 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.5698871 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E04A885F6B56FFBCFF4E93F31CE7FE46 (URL)
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.5698873 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E04A885F6B56FFBEFF4E953E1FE0F867 (URL)
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Dataset: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/420fa78d-6ebc-434e-b062-bc73c3318309 (URL)

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