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Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2020
The soldier of Rugitermes aridussp. nov. is described from a xeric, termite-depauperate region of central Peru. Rugitermes rufussp. nov. and R. volcanensissp. nov. are described from soldiers and dealated imagos collected in a mesic forest of Amboró National Park in western Bolivia. The imago of R. rufus is unique among all described Rugitermes species
Scheffrahn RH, Carrijo TF.
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Comparative analysis of adipokinetic hormones and their receptors in Blattodea reveals novel patterns of gene evolution

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 615-633, December 2023., 2023
Comprehensive analysis of adipokinetic hormone gene evolution in Blattodea. Discovery of a novel group of decapeptides that are unique to Blaberoidea. Adipokinetic hormone receptor genes broadly reflect accepted blattodean relationships. Abstract Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) is a neuropeptide produced in the insect corpora cardiaca that plays an ...
Shixiong Jiang, Heather G. Marco, Nina Scheich, Shulin He, Zongqing Wang, Gerd Gäde, Dino P. McMahon   +6 more
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Insectos xilófagos asociados al bosque de manglar del área protegida refugio de vida silvestre Ramsar, humedal Bahía de Panamá

Manglar, 2022
En Panamá, los territorios boscosos y los ecosistemas de manglar son muy susceptibles al daño causado por los insectos, debido al aumento de especies exóticas.
Alonso Santos Murgas, José Arturo Rivera Lorenzo, Jeancarlos Abrego L., Carlos S. Vargas H., Steven Paton   +4 more
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New Parabasalia symbionts Snyderella spp. and Daimonympha gen. nov. from South American Rugitermes termites and the parallel evolution of a cell with a rotating “head”

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 70, Issue 5, September/October 2023., 2023
Abstract Most Parabasalia are symbionts in the hindgut of “lower” (non‐Termitidae) termites, where they widely vary in morphology and degree of morphological complexity. Large and complex cells in the class Cristamonadea evolved by replicating a fundamental unit, the karyomastigont, in various ways.
Elisabeth Hehenberger, Vittorio Boscaro, Erick R. James, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Morelia Trznadel, Mahara Mtawali, Rebecca Fiorito, Javier del Campo, Anna Karnkowska, Martin Kolisko, Nicholas A. T. Irwin, Varsha Mathur, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Patrick J. Keeling   +13 more
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Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum

Ecography, Volume 2023, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023
Madagascar is home to many endemic plant and animal species owing to its ancient isolation from other landmasses. This unique fauna includes several lineages of termites, a group of insects known for their key role in organic matter decomposition in many terrestrial ecosystems. How and when termites colonised Madagascar remains unknown.
Menglin Wang, Simon Hellemans, Aleš Buček, Taisuke Kanao, Jigyasa Arora, Crystal Clitheroe, Jean‐Jacques Rafanomezantsoa, Brian L. Fisher, Rudolf Scheffrahn, David Sillam‐Dussès, Yves Roisin, Jan Šobotník, Thomas Bourguignon   +12 more
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Effect of food restriction on survival and reproduction of a termite

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 542-549, March 2023., 2023
Effect of food restriction on individual and colony life histories. Abstract Food availability affects the trade‐off between maintenance and reproduction in a wide range of organisms, but its effects on social insects remain poorly understood. In social insects, the maintenance‐reproduction trade‐off seems to be absent in individuals but may appear at ...
Silu Lin, Ido Pen, Judith Korb
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Inclusion of rare taxa from Blattidae and Anaplectidae improves phylogenetic resolution in the cockroach superfamily Blattoidea

Systematic Entomology, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 23-39, January 2023., 2023
1. Phylogeny reconstruction based on mitochondrial genomes provided a number of insights into the evolutionary history of Blattoidea. 2. A new subfamily and two synonyms were proposed in Blattidae: Hebardininae subfam. nov., Archiblattinae Kirby syn. nov. and Shelfordella Adelung syn. nov. 3.
Wenbo Deng, Xinxing Luo, Simon Y. W. Ho, Shuran Liao, Zongqing Wang, Yanli Che   +5 more
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Diet composition of an escaped captive‐born southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) in a nonnative habitat in Asia

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022
Captive‐born lesser anteater can survive in nonnative habitat by expanding their food acceptance. The escaped lesser anteater fed on both sympatric and nonsympatric ant and termite taxa in Taiwan and survived for 3 months. Abstract Studies on the role of natural predatory instincts in captive‐born mammalian myrmecophagy are rare.
Nick Ching‐Min Sun, Chung‐Chi Lin, Chun‐Chieh Liang, Hou‐Feng Li   +3 more
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West Indian Drywood Termite Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

EDIS, 2021
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 ...
Johnalyn M. Gordon, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Nan-Yao Su   +2 more
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Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2020
The imago and soldier castes of a new Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911 species, R. tintosp. nov. are described. It is the ninth species of Rugitermes from South America and the first record of this genus from Colombia. Unlike its congeners, the soldier of R.
Scheffrahn RH, Florian OPP.
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