caa a22 4500 386375941 CHVBK 20180307112018.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1742758400010328 doi S1742758400010328 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1742758400010328 Nesting pattern of the termites Odontotermes obesus Rambur and Odontotermes wallonensis Wasmann (Isoptera: Termitidae) [Elektronische Daten] The colony foundation and development, and pattern of young and established nests of Odontotermes obesus and O. wallonensis were investigated. Swarming of alates of both the species occurred during pre-monsoon (April/May) and continued throughout the wet months. After pairing, alates of both the species selected sites in crevices of the soil or in loose soil for the foundation of a colony. The active construction of the mound was observed during the cool hours of the day in rainy months. The young nests of O. obesus was conical-shaped with one or more conical turrets, whereas it was dome-shaped with one or two domes like turrets in O. wallonensis. In young colonies, the fungus combs were aggregated in the central cavity and the royal chamber was situated beneath usually at the centre. The established nests of both the species were extended by addition of vaults, galleries, runways, etc. The mound nest was extended in vertical direction in O. obesus, whereas it was extended horizontally in O. wallonensis. Copyright © ICIPE 1989 Odontotermes obesus nationallicence Odontotermes wallonensis nationallicence fungus comb nationallicence nest nationallicence royal chamber nationallicence swarming nationallicence Odontotermes obesus nationallicence Odontotermes wallonensis nationallicence meule à champignons nationallicence nid nationallicence cellule nationallicence chamber royale nationallicence essaimag nationallicence Veeranna G. Karnataka State Sericulture Development Institute, Thalaghattapura, Bangalore 560 062, India Basalingappa S. Department of Zoology, Karnataka University, Dharwad 580 003, India International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/2(1989-04), 169-180 1742-7584 10:2<169 1989 10 JTI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400010328 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400010328 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Veeranna G. Karnataka State Sericulture Development Institute, Thalaghattapura, Bangalore 560 062, India NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Basalingappa S. Department of Zoology, Karnataka University, Dharwad 580 003, India NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Tropical Insect Science Cambridge University Press 10/2(1989-04), 169-180 1742-7584 10:2<169 1989 10 JTI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge