This document provides an overview of various wood-destroying insects, including Lyctid, Bostrichid, and Anobiid powderpost beetles, old house borers, Formosan termites, drywood termites, Eastern subterranean termites, carpenter ants, and carpenter bees.
P.G. Koehler, J.L. Castner
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THE EXOTIC DRYWOOD TERMITE CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS (WALKER) (ISOPTERA: KALOTERMITIDAE) AND ENDEMIC AUSTRALIAN DRYWOOD TERMITES IN QUEENSLAND [PDF]
AbstractThe important exotic drywood termite Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) was found in 1966 to have become established in Maryborough, Queensland. Survey and eradication work has been complicated by the widespread occurrence of the endemic drywood termite, Cryptotermes primus Hill. Findings made on C.
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Innovative wood treatments with hybrid inorganic-organic polymers and a proposal for drywood termites standard testing protocol [PDF]
Introduction: Wood is a renewable resource widely used as a structural material and for a variety of artefacts, thanks to its particularly advantageous mechanical properties and aesthetic characteristics.
MAISTRELLO, Lara
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Drywood termites in Dominican amber (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae).
Die bisher bekannte Trockenholztermiten-Fauna (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) aus dem Dominikanischen Bernstein des Frühen Miozän (Burdigalian) wird revidiert. Dem früher beschriebenem Cryptotermes yamini Krishna & Bacchus werden vier Arten hinzugefügt: Incisitermes peritus sp. n., Glyptotermes paleoliberatus sp. n., G. grimaldii sp. n. und Cryptotermes
Engel, Michael S., Krishna, K.
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Biodeterioration of the Wooden Roof of the Phnom Penh National Museum [PDF]
Within the framework of a training program in Cambodia, during a visit to the National Museum in Phnom Penh, the most important in the Kingdom of Cambodia, the authors noted the presence of some signs of a termite attack in the secondary elements of the ...
Liotta Giovanni, Megna Bartolomeo
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Facultative parthenogenesis in the Ryukyu drywood termite Neotermes koshunensis
AbstractParthenogenesis is a relatively rare reproductive mode in nature compared to sex. In social insects, the evolution of parthenogenesis has a notable impact on their life histories. Some termites with parthenogenetic ability produce numerous non-dispersing supplementary queens asexually, whereas other castes are produced via sexual reproduction ...
Kobayashi, Kazuya, Miyaguni, Yasushi
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Pengklasifikasian Ketahanan 20 Jenis Bambu terhadap Rayap Kayu Kering [PDF]
Dua puluh jenis bambu dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia diuji ketahanannya terhadap rayap kayu kering (Cryptotermes cynocephalus Light.). Masing-masing jenis bambu dibuat contoh uji dengan ukuran 5 cm x 2,5 cm x 1 cm. Pengujian dilakukan selama 12 minggu
Damayanti, R. (Ratih) +2 more
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First records of the minor pest termite Eucryptotermes hagenii (Müller, 1873) (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Kalotermitidae) from the Chaco Dominion in Argentina [PDF]
Eucryptotermes Holmgren, 1911, comprises 2 species of Neotropical drywood termites with phragmotic head soldiers. We report the presence of Eucryptotermes hagenii (Müller, 1873) in native forests of the Chaco Dominion and Chaco Province ...
Maria C. Godoy +4 more
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This paper deals with the occurrence of termites in a urban area of Piracicaba City, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Samples of home and commercial buildings were surveyed and the termites collected were identified. The most frequent species were the drywood
Eliane Santos da Rocha Eleotério +1 more
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West Indian Drywood Termite Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Contents: Introduction - Distribution - Description and Identification - Life History - Damage - Pest Status - Management - Selected References. This article is also published on the UF/IFAS Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/termites/heterotermes.htm.
Nan-Yao Su +2 more
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