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Water supply during building activities in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes santonensis De Feytaud (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

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The French subterranean termite Reticulitermes santonensis De Feytaud uses its labial gland reservoirs as a storage and transport organ for imbibed water. Therefore the reservoirs can be entitled as “water sacs”. During building activities, pseudergates of R. santonensis moisten the building material with the contents of their water sacs.

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  1. Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, FG. IV. 1, D-12200 Berlin, Germany, , , , , , DE

    S. Grube & D. Rudolph

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Received 23 June 1998; revised 14 October 1998; accepted 12 January 1999.

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Grube, S., Rudolph, D. Water supply during building activities in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes santonensis De Feytaud (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Insectes soc. 46, 192–193 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000400050132

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