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Ecological Factors Associated with Burrow System Occupancy by Great Desert Skinks (Liopholis kintorei)

Diversity
The great desert skink (Liopholis kintorei, locally known as tjakuṟa) occupies burrow systems in arid regions of central Australia. Most burrow systems remain occupied for an average of 4, and up to 10, years by the same related individuals.
Maria A. Eifler, Douglas A. Eifler
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Wild Edible Plants in Angola: Diversity, Traditional Uses, Phytochemical Properties, and Socio‐Economic Potential

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 4, August 2026.
Wild edible plants (WEP) in Angola: number of species recorded by family and their distribution ranges; four of the most used WEP: Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae), Carissa spinarum (Apocynaceae), Adansonia digitata (Malvaceae), and Vitex doniana (Lamiaceae).
Claudete Bastos, Ângela Liberal, Margarida Moldão, Lillian Barros, Luís Catarino   +4 more
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Genome reduction and horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of Endomicrobia—rise and fall of an intracellular symbiosis with termite gut flagellates

mBio
Bacterial endosymbionts of eukaryotic hosts typically experience massive genome reduction, but the underlying evolutionary processes are often obscured by the lack of free-living relatives. Endomicrobia, a family-level lineage of host-associated bacteria
Undine S. Mies, Vincent Hervé, Tom Kropp, Katja Platt, David Sillam-Dussès, Jan Šobotník, Andreas Brune   +6 more
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Spiralitermes jurupari, a New Genus and Species of Soldierless Termites (Blattodea: Termitidae) From the Amazon Rainforest

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The soldierless termites of Apicotermitinae exhibit highly varied digestive tract morphology, with the first proctodeal segment being one of the most commonly used features in genus diagnosis. In this study, we describe Spiralitermes jurupari Almeida‐Azevedo & Azevedo gen. et sp. nov., from the Amazon Rainforest.
Rayssa Almeida‐Azevedo, Maurício Rocha, José Wellington de Morais, Renato Almeida de Azevedo   +3 more
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Termite-Induced Injuries to Maize and Baby Corn under Organic and Conventional Farming Systems in the Central Highlands of Kenya

Insects, 2019
Termite-induced injuries to maize and baby corn were evaluated in on-going comparison experiments on organic and conventional farming systems at two trial sites in the Central Highlands of Kenya (Chuka and Thika).
John J. Anyango, David Bautze, Komi K. M. Fiaboe, Zipporah O. Lagat, Anne W. Muriuki, Sibylle Stöckli, Gladys K. Onyambu, Martha W. Musyoka, Edward N. Karanja, Noah Adamtey   +9 more
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Balancing risk and opportunity: Nasute termite responses to predator and competitor chemical cues

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 654-663, August 2026.
Nasutitermes corniger discriminates between heterospecific chemical cues during foraging, showing non‐random resource selection based on predator and competitor information. Predator chemical cues consistently reduce food resource selection, indicating avoidance driven by perceived predation risk rather than direct encounters.
Aline N. F. Silva, Lázaro Q. de Lira Filho, Laura S. A. Silva, Thiago H. C. de Mendonça, Sara Y. M. Watanabe, Ana Paula A. Araújo, Paulo F. Cristaldo   +6 more
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The Fate of Orally Ingested Microplastics During Cooperative Brood Care in Two Social Hymenoptera Species

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.
Microplastics (MP) pose a growing health risk to social Hymenoptera, with colony‐level risks depending on brood care strategies. During cooperative brood care, in the buff‐tailed bumblebee, MP is transferred from workers to larvae, but in the Japanese carpenter ant, the infrabuccal pocket prevents such transfer.
Gwen Kühn, Max V. R. Döring, Jona von Wedel, Sven Ritschar, Annalena Ter‐Heide, Valerie Dittmann, Lotta Steinbrenner, Christian Laforsch, Heike Feldhaar   +8 more
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Farmers’ knowledge, perceptions and management practices for termite pests of maize in Southern Benin

Open Agriculture, 2019
Termite (Isoptera: Termitidae) infestation is an important constraint of maize production in Benin. A survey of 300 households was conducted in 2018 throughout 30 villages in Southern Benin to evaluate farmers’ knowledge, perceptions and management ...
Loko Laura Estelle Yêyinou, Orobiyi Azize, Toffa Joelle, Fagla Sédami Medegan, Gavoedo Dieudonné Martin, Manuele Tamò   +5 more
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Macroecological relationships of ant diversity with increasing aridity in Australian tropical savannas: contrasting responses of epigaeic and hypogaeic assemblages

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 7, July 2026.
Studies using climatic gradients play a key role in our understanding of the importance of rainfall and temperature as factors regulating species diversity and distribution, and thus of likely responses to climate change. However, such studies currently consider above‐ground species only, ignoring the diverse hypogaeic (subterranean) invertebrate fauna.
François Brassard, Giovanny Destour, Tristan Klaftenberger, Alan N. Andersen   +3 more
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Evolution of eusociality in termites [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1979
A model is presented that demonstrates that asymmetries in relatedness such that individuals are more closely related to siblings than to offspring develop in diploid pedigrees under conditions of inbreeding. Given also certain incestuous conditions, the model predicts that eusocial-type helping behavior can be favored by natural selection. Three cases
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