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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERMITES I955-60: SUBJECTS — SNYDER 



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cornis (Cameron); O. termitophilus 

 Wasm.) with Odontotermes (O.) obe- 

 sus; p. 112, O. triarticulatus (Kemner) 

 with Odontotermes (O.) javanicus; O. 

 ceylonicus (Wasm.) with Odontotermes 

 (O.) redemanni; p. 113, O. eutermitis 

 (Wasm.) with Trinervitermes bijormis; 

 O. peradenyiae (Wasm.) with Odonto- 

 termes (O.) redemanni; O. splendidus 

 (Wasm.) with Odontotermes (Hypo- 

 termes) obscuriceps. Odontoxenus more 

 primitive than myrmecophile Dory- 

 loxenus, not found with Odontotermes 

 in Africa, transfer to Odontotermes after 

 genus reached India during Miocene ex- 

 tension of grasslands.) 



Leleup, N., 1955, pp. 374-375- (Africa, Bel- 

 gian Congo, beetles and flies.) 

 i960, pp. 197-206. (Africa, Belgian Congo, 

 morphological classification insects found 

 in nests.) 



Reichensperger, A. von, 1956, pp. 81-91. 

 (Africa, Congo, new species Coprinae.) 

 x 957> PP- 3 2 3-3 2 4- (Africa, a new species 

 of Coprinae.) 



Salmon, J. T., 1941, p. 348. (Collembolan 

 Sinella termitum, Australia, New Zea- 

 land.) 



Schmitz, H., 1954, pp. 514-519. (Africa, Bel- 

 gian Congo, Phoridae, Aenigmatistes and 

 Termito stroma, n. gen.) 

 1955, pp. 33-60. (Africa, Angola and SW. 

 Africa, 6 new phorid termitophiles.) 



1955a, pp. 229-239. (Africa, phorid, Thau- 



matoxena, n. sp.) 

 1955b, pp. 48-66. (Africa, Belgian Congo, 

 Termitomyia, n. sp.) 



Seevers, C. H., 1957, pp. 1-334. (Termitophi- 

 lous Staphylinidae, world, host relation- 

 ships, phylogeny, classification, maps dis- 

 tribution.) 

 i960, pp. 825-834. (New termitophilous 

 Staphylinidae of zoogeographic signifi- 

 cance, Madagascar Spirachthodes first 

 Old-World genus with exudatory ab- 

 dominal appendages shared only with 

 neotropical Spirachtha.) 



Skaife, S. H., 1955, pp. 1-134. (South Africa, 

 Amitermes atlanticus, sarcophagid fly 

 Termitometopia s\aijei, n. gen., n. sp.; 

 springtail Collembola Cyphoderus ar- 

 cuatus; white mite Termitacarus cunei- 

 formis, red mite Cosmoglyphus \ramerii; 

 green protea beetle cetonid Trichostetha 

 fascicidaris scavenger beneath mounds; 

 solpugid; termites Microcerotermes mal- 

 mesburyi, Termes winifredae live in 

 outer parts mounds, former not true 

 inquiline.) 



Torrealba, J. F., and Riccardi, B., 1941, p. 

 248. (Venezuela, Zaraza, Triatoma group 

 not found in termite nests.) 



Womersley, H., 1939, p. 174. (South Aus- 

 tralia, Sinella termitum.) 



TOXICOLOGY 



Anonymous, 1952, pp. 1-45. (U.S., fire and 

 explosion hazards of thermal insecticidal 

 fogging; experiences; safety precautions; 

 flammability chemicals, toxicity, impede 

 fire extinguishing.) 



I956d, pp. 1-78. (U.S., clinical memoranda 

 on economic poisons, aldrin, allethrin, 

 benzene hexachloride, chlordane, chloro- 

 thion, DDT, demeton, dieldrin, diazinon, 

 dilan, kerosene, parathion, sodium fluoro- 

 acetate, toxaphene, warfarin, xylene; 

 formulae, formulation, uses, routes of 

 absorption, physiological action, danger- 

 ous acute and chronic doses in man, 

 signs and symptoms of poisoning in 

 man, laboratory findings, pathology, dif- 

 ferential diagnosis, treatment, reporting.) 



1959, p. 62. (U.S., California, termite con- 

 trol operator "not responsible" for death 

 customer following treatment chlordane, 

 latter not registered as "ultrahazardous.") 



I 959 r j PP- 1 ~ 21 - (U.S., toxicity dieldrin to 

 man.) 



i960, pp. 9-1 1. (U.S., precautions in pesti- 

 cide usage; 75% accidents occurred 

 among children less than 10 years old, 

 90% under 5. Less than 0.9 persons per 

 hundred thousand population die due to 

 pesticides. 65% of accidental adult deaths 

 due to failure to read label. Protective 

 clothing, creams, gloves, masks, respira- 

 tors. Residues, allergies, 1 min. of pre- 

 cautions may save life.) 



i96on, pp. 51, 54-56. (U.S., safety in ter- 

 mite control.) 



1960s, p. 10. (U.S., Georgia, South Caro- 

 lina, and Arkansas, homes commercially 

 treated with 1% chlordane; samples air 

 collected 2 weeks to 6 months after 

 treatment, living portions homes treated 

 for termites contained no chlordane.) 

 Beechem, H. A., 1955, pp. 36, 50. (U.S., 

 methyl bromide left in applicator near 

 lethal dosage for 20 min. in auto, op- 

 erator recovered.) 



