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1. Chætotaxy of the soldier of the termite,Odontotermes (Odontotermes) assmuthi Holmgren, is described.
2. The arrangement of bristles on the head and the abdomen inO. assmuthi closely resembles that ofO. obesus andO. horni.
3. The labrum in the present species carries fewer pairs of labral bristles than inO. obesus andO. horni.
4. The mesonotum and the metanotum in the present species show a more regular arrangement of bristles than inO. obesus; inO. horni the bristles are distributed irregularly.
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Kushwaha, K. S... “Chætotaxy of the soldier, worker and alate of the termite,Odontotermes obesus (Rambur),”Curr. Sci., Bangalore, 1959,28 (10), 415–17.
----- .. “External morphology of the termite,Odontotermes obesus (Rambur). Part III. Chætotaxy of the soldier, worker and alate castes,”Rec. Indian Mus., Delhi, 1960c,56 (4), 1958 (In press).
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Communicated by Y. Ramchandra Rao,f.a.sc.
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Kushwaha, K.S. Chætotaxy of the termite,Odontotermes assmuthi holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidæ). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 52, 54–65 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050053
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