Mastotermes darwiniensis, common names giant northern termite and Darwin termite, is a termite species found only in northern Australia. It is the most primitive extant termite species.[1] Contrary to common belief, this species does not form mounds as the nests are subterranean and inconspicuous.[2] Colonies will readily occupy and infest decomposing wood but primarily live in a complex subterranean network of tunnels and galleries which they use to travel to new food sites. Colonies may eventually split and form isolated satellite colonies.[2]
^[1] Tree of Life Web Project. 2003. Isoptera. Termites. Version 1 January 2003 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Isoptera/8212/2003.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
Mastotermesdarwiniensis, common names giant northern termite and Darwin termite, is a termite species found only in northern Australia. It is the most...
Mastotermes is a genus of termites. The sole living species is Mastotermesdarwiniensis, found only in northern Australia. A number of extinct taxa are...
The protist Mixotricha paradoxa, itself an endosymbiont of the Mastotermesdarwiniensis termite, is always found as a consortium of at least one endosymbiotic...
during the Early Cretaceous. The primitive giant northern termite (Mastotermesdarwiniensis) exhibits numerous cockroach-like characteristics that are not...
protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermesdarwiniensis. It is composed of five different organisms: three bacterial ectosymbionts...
Mastotermitidae is a family of termites with one sole living species, Mastotermesdarwiniensis which is found only in northern Australia. The remaining genera...
Isoptericola which has been isolated from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermesdarwiniensis in Germany. Parte, A.C. "Isoptericola". LPSN. "Isoptericola variabilis...
Also, tandem running behavior can be used between workers in Mastotermesdarwiniensis. In Reticulitermes speratus, tandem running has been observed as...
only living species of Mastotermes is Mastotermesdarwiniensis which is found in tropical regions of Northern Australia. Mastotermes electromexicus is known...
exception of the genus Nocticola. The genus' presence in the termite Mastotermesdarwiniensis led to speculation, later confirmed, that termites and cockroaches...
family, the Cryptocercidae, and one primitive species of termite, Mastotermesdarwiniensis, share such characteristics as the segmental origin of certain...
mycotoxins. It was first isolated from the hindgut of the termite Mastotermesdarwiniensis. It has been shown to detoxify mycotoxins such as ochratoxin A...
follow, they will continue to add to the trail. The basal termite Mastotermesdarwiniensis produces trail pheromones from at least two sternal glands despite...
study of Cryptocercus punctulatus (Blattaria, Cryptocercidae) and Mastotermesdarwiniensis (Isoptera, Mastotermitidae)". Arthropod Structure & Development...
which the term archedictyon has been applied include the termite Mastotermesdarwiniensis from Australia (illustration)[infringing link?] and the praying...
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