Investigation of Isoptera in Zhejiang Province , China

Fifty-nine species of termites , which belong to 4 families , 17 genera , were found in Zhejiang Province through extensive investigation .Among them , 3 species are new records to Zhejiang Province , and 20 species are endemic species of the province .The research indicated that the termite fauna in Zhejiang Province could be divided into two groups .One is temperate zone group in northern area of Zhejiang Province , the other is subtropic zone group in southern area of the province .