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Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak

Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The sampling of termites was conducted along line transect with distance approximately 600 meters per transects. A total of six transects were carried out with two transects per sampling site. The termites collected were preserved in 70-80...

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Main Author: Siti Shamimi, Abidin
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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GE Environmental Sciences
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spelling my.unimas.ir.334682024-01-31T08:17:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33468/ Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak Siti Shamimi, Abidin GE Environmental Sciences Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The sampling of termites was conducted along line transect with distance approximately 600 meters per transects. A total of six transects were carried out with two transects per sampling site. The termites collected were preserved in 70-80% alcohol and the identification process was done based on the external morphology of termites. In this present study, a total of 26 species comprising of 13 genera (Macrotermes, Nasutitermes, Schedorhinotermes, Pericapritermes, Coptotermes, Dicuspiditermes, Odontotermes, Prohamitermes, Havilanditermes, Termitogeton, Procapritermes, Heterotermes and Microcerotermes), two families, and eight subfamilies were collected. The termites from species Coptotermes sepangensis were encountered in all the three sampling sites. The subfamilies Macrotermitinae and Termitinae are the most commonly found and have the highest species recorded. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33468/2/Siti%20Shamimi%28fulltext%29.pdf Siti Shamimi, Abidin (2015) Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Siti Shamimi, Abidin
Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
description Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. The sampling of termites was conducted along line transect with distance approximately 600 meters per transects. A total of six transects were carried out with two transects per sampling site. The termites collected were preserved in 70-80% alcohol and the identification process was done based on the external morphology of termites. In this present study, a total of 26 species comprising of 13 genera (Macrotermes, Nasutitermes, Schedorhinotermes, Pericapritermes, Coptotermes, Dicuspiditermes, Odontotermes, Prohamitermes, Havilanditermes, Termitogeton, Procapritermes, Heterotermes and Microcerotermes), two families, and eight subfamilies were collected. The termites from species Coptotermes sepangensis were encountered in all the three sampling sites. The subfamilies Macrotermitinae and Termitinae are the most commonly found and have the highest species recorded.
format Final Year Project Report
author Siti Shamimi, Abidin
author_facet Siti Shamimi, Abidin
author_sort Siti Shamimi, Abidin
title Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
title_short Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
title_full Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
title_fullStr Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Species Diversity of Termites From Three Different Localities in Sarawak
title_sort species diversity of termites from three different localities in sarawak
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33468/2/Siti%20Shamimi%28fulltext%29.pdf
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