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Descriptor English: Isoptera
Descriptor Spanish: Isópteros
Descriptor Isoptera
Entry term(s) isópteros
termes
termitas
Scope note: Orden de insectos, que principalmente viven en el trópico y contiene al menos ocho familias. Unas pocas especies ocurren en las regiones templadas de América del Norte.
Descriptor Portuguese: Isópteros
Descriptor French: Isoptera
Entry term(s): Isopteras
Termite
Termites
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.485
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020049
Scope note: An order of insects, restricted mostly to the tropics, containing at least eight families. A few species occur in temperate regions of North America.
Annotation: do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insects (1966-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33692
Unique ID: D020049
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Isoptera - Preferred
Concept UI M0029759
Scope note An order of insects, restricted mostly to the tropics, containing at least eight families. A few species occur in temperate regions of North America.
Preferred term Isoptera
Entry term(s) Isopteras
Termite
Termites



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