Transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) inferred from extant and extinct species
A. Bucek, M. Wang, J. Sobotnik, D. Sillam-Dusses, N. Mizumoto, P. Stiblik, C. Clitheroe, T. Lu, J. J. Gonzalez Plaza, A. Mohagan, J. J. Rafanomezantsoa, B. Fisher, M. Engel, Y. Roisin, T. Evans, , T. Bourguignon
This study uses phylogenetic analysis to infer the transoceanic dispersal history and foraging evolution of Kalotermitidae termites, finding that dispersal and human activity shaped their global distribution.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2021Evolutionary Biology