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The magnitude of cryptic insect diversity in one tropical rainforest

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 1163-1174, November 2025.
We detected 214 cryptic species out of a total of 2006 species (10.6%) examined from 22 focal insect taxa in 1500 ha tropical rainforest in Panama. The percentage of cryptic species varied greatly among assemblages (0%–19%), with half of the assemblages devoid of cryptic species and the highest proportions of cryptics in Pieridae and Formicidae ...
Yves Basset, Greg P. A. Lamarre, David A. Donoso, Daniel Souto‐Vilarós, Filonila Perez, Ricardo Bobadilla, Yacksecari Lopez, José Alejandro Ramírez Silva, Héctor Barrios   +8 more
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First Report ofReticulitermes flavipes(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Italy

Florida Entomologist, 2010
The first record of Reticuliterms flavipes (Kol l?r) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Europe was in 1837, in Vienna, Austria, after infested plants im ported from the U.S. were discovered in the green house of the Sch?nbrunn Palace (Kollar 1837). In 1924, R.
GHESINI, SILVIA, Messenger M. T., Pilon N., MARINI, MARIO   +3 more
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Discovery of Two Aleocharine Staphylinid Species (Coleoptera) Associated with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Central Japan, with a Review of the Possible Natural Distribution of C. formosanus in Japan and Surrounding Countries

Sociobiology, 2014
Two termitophilous staphylinid beetles, Japanophilus hojoi Maruyama & Iwata and Sinophilus yukoae Maruyama & Iwata (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) are known to inhabit nests of a termite species, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Rhinotermitidae). Previously,
Ryutaro Iwata
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Laboratory and field evaluation for the resistance of commonly used woods against _Coptotermes heimi_ (Wasmann). [PDF]

, 2010
The current study was conducted to evaluate the resistance of four wood species (_Azadirachta indica_, _Pinus roxberghii_, _Dalbergia sissoo_ and _Populus deltoides_) against subterranean termite species _Coptotermes heimi_ by choice and no choice field ...
Asma Zawar, Farkhanda Manzoor, Nadeem Sheikh   +2 more
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Termite Vibration Sensing: The Chordotonal Organs and Their Appendages

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
This study investigates how termites use their legs and antennae as vibration‐sensitive sensory organs, comparing them to ants, their eusocial predators. Termite appendages are morphologically adapted to detect lower‐frequency, wood‐borne vibrations, enhancing their foraging and predator avoidance abilities. These findings suggest that termite legs may
Travers M. Sansom, Joseph C. S. Lai, Benjamin J. Halkon, Theodore A. Evans, Sebastian Oberst   +4 more
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Depredación oportunista del halcón caminero (Rupornis magnirostris) sobre termitas subterráneas aladas (Coptotermes testaceus) en el suroeste de la Amazonía brasileña

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022
Informamos de la depredación oportunista de Coptotermes testaceus (Rhinotermitidae) por Rupornis magnirostris (Accipitridae). Este comportamiento depredador fue observado durante un estudio de la avifauna en el municipio de Candeias do Jamari, Rondônia ...
Raul Afonso Pommer Barbosa, Jessica Fernanda Teodoro Reis, Marcela Alvares Oliveira   +2 more
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Natural variation in colony inbreeding does not influence susceptibility to a fungal pathogen in a termite

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Reduced genetic diversity through inbreeding can negatively affect pathogen resistance. This relationship becomes more complicated in social species, such as social insects, since the chance of disease transmission increases with the frequency of ...
Carlos M. Aguero, Pierre‐André Eyer, Jason S. Martin, Mark S. Bulmer, Edward L. Vargo   +4 more
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Revision of Diagnostic Morphological Characters in Three Puerto Rican Species of the Termite Genus Heterotermes (Dictyoptera: Rhinotermitidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Termites of the genus Heterotermes Froggatt (Rhinotermitidae: Heterotermitinae) are pantropical subterranean wood-feeders capable of causing significant structural damage.
Griebenow, Zachary
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Extended longevity of termite kings and queens is accompanied by extranuclear localization of telomerase in somatic organs and caste‐specific expression of its isoforms

Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 364-384, April 2025.
We recently reported that long‐lived termite kings and queens display an increased enzymatic activity and abundance of telomerase in their soma when compared to short‐lived workers. We hypothesized that this telomerase activation may represent its noncanonical pro‐longevity function, independent of its canonical role in telomere maintenance.
Marie Pangrácová, Jan Křivánek, Markéta Vrchotová, Hana Sehadová, Romana Hadravová, Robert Hanus, Ondřej Lukšan   +6 more
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Effect of Fipronil on Subterranean Termite Colonies (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the Field [PDF]

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2012
To assess possible colony-level effects of fipronil, a commonly used nonrepellent termiticide, we conducted a field study of eight houses in the Raleigh, NC, area with infestations of the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).
Edward L, Vargo, Vincent, Parman
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