FIGURE 3 in Reticulitermes malletei (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): a valid Nearctic subterranean termite from Eastern North America

FIGURE 3. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photography of: Reticulitermes flavipes worker (top) and Reticulitermes malletei worker, (bottom). Biometric measurements were taken to calculate our index: (distance AB + BC) + length L as described in Bagnéres et al. (1990). This procedure was repeated for both western Palearctic and eastern Nearctic Reticulitermes species.