Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

ABSTRACT We present the first report of Nasutitermes guayanae feeding on human bone remains found in an urban area of the municipality of Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, in the Colombian Amazon piedmont. The record indicates an expansion in the diet of these termites. The observation suggests that the...

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Main Authors: Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA, Eric CÓRDOBA-SUAREZ, Marta WOLFF
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2021-12-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672021000400347&tlng=en