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INSECTES SOCIAUX
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 408-409Publisher
BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0830-0
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volcanic ash falls; mound structure; ventilation system; Macrotermes jeanneli
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A distinctive type of structure found preserved in a volcanic ash layer about 3.7 million years old appears to be a fossilised termite nest. Comparison is made to modern nests of a fungus-growing termite Macrotermes jeanneli (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae).
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