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Comparison of gut morphology and distribution of trehalase activity in the gut of wood-feeding and fungus-growing termites (Isoptera: Termitidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2017
Termites are important decomposer due to their ability to digest cellulose and their diverse feeding habits. Trehalase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes trehalose to glucose in insects and has an important biological role.
Nujira TATUN, Chutamas SAWATNATHI, Suwakan TANSAY, Jatuporn TUNGJITWITAYAKUL   +3 more
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Requirement of group I lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase for turnover of chitinous cuticle during moulting in two forest pest beetles, Monochamus alternatus and Psacothea hilaris

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 115-125, April 2026.
Group I LPMO15‐1 cDNAs from two economically important forest insect pests, M. alternatus and P. hilaris, were cloned. MaLPMO15‐1 and PhLPMO15‐1 show a similar pattern of expression during late stages of development. RNAi for LPMO15‐1 causes failure of adult eclosion in both M. alternatus and P. hilaris.
Daehyeong Kim, Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Karl J. Kramer, Yasuyuki Arakane, Mi Young Noh   +4 more
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The Impact of Termite Activity on Soil Fertility: A Case Study in Pine Stands in the Alas Bromo Education Forest Area

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Termites function as soil engineers and play a crucial role in the decomposition of organic matter. This study was conducted in the Alas Bromo Educational Forest under pine stands of various age classes.
Sri Rezeki Febriani, Dwi Priyo Ariyanto, Ongko Cahyono, Rahayu Rahayu, Didi Tarmadi   +4 more
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External development of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in the subterranean termite Heterotermes tenuis Desenvolvimento dos fungos entomopatogênicos Beauveria bassiana E Metarhizium anisopliae no cupim subterrâneo Heterotermes tenuis

Scientia Agricola, 2002
The subterranean termite Heterotermes tenuis is one of the main pests of sugarcane and eucalyptus in Brazil, and the use of entomopathogenic fungi, alone or associated to chemicals, is an efficient and environmentally favorable method for its control ...
Alcides Moino Jr., Sérgio Batista Alves, Rogério Biaggioni Lopes, Pedro Manuel Oliveira Janeiro Neves, Roberto Manoel Pereira, Solange Aparecida Vieira   +5 more
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Insect‐Derived Bioactives for Glycemic Control and Gut Health: A Review

Food Frontiers, Volume 7, Issue 2, March 2026.
Insect‐derived bioactive compounds (e.g., peptides, polysaccharides) effectively regulate blood glucose through dual mechanisms: directly inhibiting carbohydrate‐digesting enzymes and glucose transporters, and indirectly modulating gut microbiota to enhance intestinal barrier integrity.
Chaoyi Lv, Yuanyuan Huang, Mokhtar Dabbour, Benjamin Kumah Mintah, Ronghai He, Haile Ma   +5 more
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Groundwater Changes the Climate Niche of an Amazonian Mound‐Building Termite

Ecohydrology, Volume 19, Issue 1, January‐February 2026.
ABSTRACT Rainfall is a major dimension of species climate niches. It has been proposed that groundwater can change species responses to rainfall by creating ‘hydrological refugia’ under a drier climate. However, the available evidence is conflicting and biased towards plants.
Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima Pequeno
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the subterranean termite, Reticulitermes kanmonensis Takematsu, 1999 (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017
We have determined the mitochondrial genome of Reticulitermes kanmonensis Takematsu, 1999. The total length of the R. kanmonensis is 16,484 bp with 66.1% A + T content. It consists of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNA, 2 rRNA genes and an A + T–rich control region.
Taeman Han, Haechul Park, Jong-Ho Lee, Ki-Jeong Hong, Yongsung Kim, Jongsun Park, Wonhoon Lee   +6 more
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CASTE COMPOSITION OF TWO SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE SPECIES, Anacanthotermes ochraceus (Burmeister) (ISOPTERA: HODOTERMITIDAE) AND Psammotermes hybostoma (Desneux) (ISOPTERA : RHINOTERMITIDAE) [PDF]

Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 2009
The caste composition of the two subterranean termite species,Anacanthotermes ochraceus (Burmeister) (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae)and Psammotermes hybostoma (Desneux) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)was studied throughout two successive years at El-Fayoum ...
Y.M. El-Sebay, S.I. El-Sherif,, N.A. Abd El-latif   +2 more
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Life history induces markedly divergent insect responses to habitat loss

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 1, Page 54-64, January 2026.
This study pioneers the use of deep learning to rapidly assess over 22,000 Amazonian insects, revealing life history‐dependent winners and losers from forest loss. It shows that terrestrial insects decline while aquatic insects thrive, with body size influencing dispersal, offering key insights for biodiversity conservation in tropical fragmented ...
Lucas F. Colares, Carlos A. Peres, Cristian S. Dambros   +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Reticulitermes periflaviceps (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The mitochondrial genome of the Reticulitermes periflaviceps contains 15,925 bp of nucleotide in length including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transport RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and a non-coding region. The overall A + T among the genome sequence is 65.64%.
Xin Ye, Yin Hu, Haihong Chen, Yiyuan Liao, Tong Chen, Dayu Zhang   +5 more
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