Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
This study aims to analyse the soldier’s morphological variation of Nasutitermes. In this study, a total of 107 individuals representing six species were appropriately measured and recorded, in which 12 morphometric measurements were used. The morphological comparison was made among six Nasutitermes...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Academy of Sciences Malaysia
2020
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/1/nurainie.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/ https://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj/ |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my.unimas.ir.29305 |
---|---|
record_format |
eprints |
spelling |
my.unimas.ir.293052021-03-30T06:23:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/ Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail Ratnawati, Binti Hazali Norsyarizan, Binti Jamil Nur Izzah, Binti Mat Desa Siti Nurlydia, Binti Sazali QL Zoology This study aims to analyse the soldier’s morphological variation of Nasutitermes. In this study, a total of 107 individuals representing six species were appropriately measured and recorded, in which 12 morphometric measurements were used. The morphological comparison was made among six Nasutitermes species used in this study based on the head capsule and shape of rostrum, pronotum and postmentum. Following the comparison between six Nasutitermes species, we suggest that N. regularis and N. longinasus were closely resembled to each other than to the remaining four species; N. havilandi, N. matangensis, N. matangensiformis and N. fuscipennis based on the external morphological characteristics. The cluster analysis shows by the dendrogram resulted in two major clades; clade 1 grouped almost individuals of N.longinasus while clade 2 consists of the remaining five species. Accordingly, this study may serve as a baseline reference for the morphological characteristics that can be used in resolving taxonomic issues for Nasutitermes species. Academy of Sciences Malaysia 2020-02-26 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/1/nurainie.pdf Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail and Ratnawati, Binti Hazali and Norsyarizan, Binti Jamil and Nur Izzah, Binti Mat Desa and Siti Nurlydia, Binti Sazali (2020) Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. ASM Science Journal, 13 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1823-6782 https://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj/ DOI:org/10.32802/asmscj.2020.404 |
institution |
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
building |
Centre for Academic Information Services (CAIS) |
collection |
Institutional Repository |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Malaysia |
content_provider |
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
content_source |
UNIMAS Institutional Repository |
url_provider |
http://ir.unimas.my/ |
language |
English |
topic |
QL Zoology |
spellingShingle |
QL Zoology Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail Ratnawati, Binti Hazali Norsyarizan, Binti Jamil Nur Izzah, Binti Mat Desa Siti Nurlydia, Binti Sazali Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
description |
This study aims to analyse the soldier’s morphological variation of Nasutitermes. In this study, a total of 107 individuals representing six species were appropriately measured and recorded, in which 12 morphometric measurements were used. The morphological comparison was made among six Nasutitermes species used in this study based on the head capsule and shape of rostrum, pronotum and postmentum. Following the comparison between six Nasutitermes species, we suggest that N. regularis and N. longinasus were closely resembled to each other than to the remaining four species; N. havilandi, N. matangensis, N. matangensiformis and N. fuscipennis based on the external morphological characteristics. The cluster analysis shows by the dendrogram resulted in two major clades; clade 1 grouped almost individuals of N.longinasus while clade 2 consists of the remaining five species. Accordingly, this study may serve as a baseline reference for the morphological characteristics that can
be used in resolving taxonomic issues for Nasutitermes species. |
format |
Article |
author |
Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail Ratnawati, Binti Hazali Norsyarizan, Binti Jamil Nur Izzah, Binti Mat Desa Siti Nurlydia, Binti Sazali |
author_facet |
Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail Ratnawati, Binti Hazali Norsyarizan, Binti Jamil Nur Izzah, Binti Mat Desa Siti Nurlydia, Binti Sazali |
author_sort |
Wan Nurainie, Binti Wan Ismail |
title |
Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
title_short |
Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
title_full |
Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
title_fullStr |
Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
title_full_unstemmed |
Morphometric Analysis of Nasutitermes (Termitidae : Nasutitermitinae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo |
title_sort |
morphometric analysis of nasutitermes (termitidae : nasutitermitinae) from sarawak, malaysian borneo |
publisher |
Academy of Sciences Malaysia |
publishDate |
2020 |
url |
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/1/nurainie.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29305/ https://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj/ |
_version_ |
1696979504748036096 |
score |
13.160551 |