Jd. Mitchell et al., CRITICAL THERMAL LIMITS AND TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE IN THE HARVESTER TERMITE HODOTERMES-MOSSAMBICUS (HAGEN), Journal of insect physiology, 39(6), 1993, pp. 523-528
The CTMax of pigmented major and minor workers and unpigmented larvae
of Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) from laboratory colonies range betwe
en 43.5-48.53-degrees-C while the CTMin range between 5.3-10.31-degree
s-C over a range of acclimation temperatures between 15 and 35-degrees
-C. Major and minor workers have both higher CTMax and lower CTMin tha
n unpigmented large larvae. Temperature tolerance limits are influence
d by a number of factors such as the age or maturity of the individual
, its size and colour, previous thermal history, the extent of its wat
er reserves as well as environmental conditions.