Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 18:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader, report Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven, post-doctoral fellows at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Rudolf Scheffrahn from the University of Florida.