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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
2021-12-01
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Series: | Acta Amazonica |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672021000400347&tlng=en |