Abstract
Configuration of digestive tube and enteric valve armature of termite species, Amitermes belie (Desneux), A. dentatus (Haviland) and A. paradentatus Ahmad are described. In genus Amitermes, the enteric valve seating is mid-dorsal. Enteric valve cushions are tube like with nipple like scales. Scales at anterior end are with longer spines than at posterior end, and tips of the scales are provided with pimple like projection. Amitermes belli (Desneux) and A. paradentatus Ahmad have almost the same configuration of the digestive tube; but in A. dentatus (Haviland) mixed segment is present. Zoogeographical distribution of 81 species of genus Amitermes is listed. The species of genus Amitermes are distributed as follow: Australian region (27), Ethiopian region (30), Indomalayan (6), Nearctic (8), Neotropical (7), Palaearctic (3). It is postulated that the genus Amitermes orignated in the Ethiopian region
MUHAMMAD SAEED AKHTAR, AISHA IFTIKHAR . (1997) STUDIES ON THE DIGESTIVE TUBE OF THE GENUS AM1TERMES SILVESTRI WITH A NOTE ON ITS DISTRIBUTION , Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 12, Issue 1.
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