BIOSYSTEMATICS OF HOSPITALITERMES HOSPITALIS HOLMGREN (ISOPTERA) FROM BORNEO

Abstract

This article redescribes Hospitalitermes hospitalis of open-air processional column termitesfrom Central Kalimantan, Borneo Indonesia. In many publications, this nasute termite is one of very incomplete descriptions. Condition of head capsule and its coloration (soldier caste), mandibles and antennae (soldier caste) are importance characters identification work. This species showed a large variation of nesting sites and dimorphism of worker caste