Termite valkyries: soldier-like alate termites from the cretaceous and task specialization in the early evolution of isoptera

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• who: Corentin Jouault from the Universidade do Vale do Taquari Univates, Brazil have published the paper: Termite Valkyries: Soldier-Like Alate Termites From the Cretaceous and Task Specialization in the Early Evolution of Isoptera, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The Valkyries reported here show that, in termites, the division of reproductive and defensive tasks was not always complete.
• future: Tanytermes although this example may merely be an alate with a more elongate head rather than being truly a Valkyrie meaning further study is needed) (Engel et_al 2007) but was a less striking case . . .
  

   

  

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