OVIPOSITION AND SURVIVAL IN FEMALES OF PROCORNITERMES ARAUJOI UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS (ISOPTERA, TERMITIDAE, NASUTITERMITINAE)

After an enormous swarming of Procornitermes araujoi when a great numb er of females were collected, we investigated the occurrence of parthe nogenesis beyond oviposition and survival of these females under labor atory conditions. The groups of virgin females were faster in their fi rst oviposition than females of male-female pairs, nevertheless their eggs never hatch. The survival data showed higher longevity in the gro up of three females when compared with groups of two and four females.