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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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Registro de termitas (Isoptera) asociadas a cultivos de mango (Mangifera indica) en el departamento del Magdalena, Colombia

Intropica, 2017
Las termitas (Isoptera) son insectos sociales que ocasionan daños en muchos cultivos de interés económico. Teniendo en cuenta la importancia del cultivo de mango en la economía de los agricultores del departamento del Magdalena y la expansión de este ...
Hafid Y. Hurtado, Diego A. Manga A. Manga, Paula A. Sepúlveda-Cano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Do Group Size and Social Context Affect Per‐Capita Behavioral Responses in a Nasute Termite?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 639-645, July 2026.
Group living is often assumed to increase individual behavioral activity in eusocial insects through social facilitation. Using controlled bioassays with the termite Nasutitermes corniger, we show that increasing group size instead reduces per‐capita behavioral frequency, consistent with greater behavioral specialization. While antennation and grooming
Sara Y. M. Watanabe, Renan E. C. Santos, Thiago H. C. de Mendonça, Paulo F. Cristaldo   +3 more
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Species composition, relative abundance, and diversity of termites (Blattodea: Insecta: Isoptera) in the Kwara State Univerity Campus, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Termites are widely dispersed throughout the tropics and attain the highest diversity and abundance in the rainforests of Africa. Understanding their diversity in areas with human activities can provide insights into the local biodiversity and health of ...
Adeoye Abubakar Abdullahi, Ajao Adeyemi Mufutau, Ojo James Adebayo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 601-624, July 2026.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro, José Cola Zanuncio, Conceição Aparecida dos Santos   +3 more
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Scheffrahnitermes ubuntu (Isoptera: Apicotermitinae), Description of a New Termite Using a Collaborative Approach to Address the Wallacean Shortfall

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 2, June 2026.
The study of Neotropical Apicotermitinae remains challenging due to the large number of undescribed taxa (Linnean shortfall) as well as the scarcity of distributional data (Wallacean shortfall). Despite recent efforts to reduce the first one, the second remains an even more significant challenge.
Camila C. Mellado, Giordano G. Messina, Antonio Carvalho, Danilo E. Oliveira, Rayssa Almeida‐Azevedo, Renato Almeida de Azevedo, Hélida F. Cunha, Emanuelly F. Lucena, Joice P. Constantini, Olga P. Pinzón‐Florián, Tiago F. Carrijo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of India: An updated checklist

Acta Zoológica Lilloana
The current paper provides checklist of termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of India. A total of 317 species belonging to 53 genera and 6 families have been reported, Termitidae Latreille,1802 being the largest family.
Aiswarya Pulikkal Muralidharan, Sebastian Honey, Ambalaparambil Vasu Sudhikumar   +2 more
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Antennal cropping during colony foundation in termites

ZooKeys, 2011
The literature on pairing and mating behavior in termites indicates that a number of distal antennal segments in dealates of both sexes are often removed during colony foundation, with terms such as amputation, mutilation and cannibalism typically ...
Christine Nalepa, Theodore Evans, Michael Lenz   +2 more
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The value of regeneration for insect fauna associated with leaf litter in the Brazilian savanna: A comparative study of biomass and trophic structure

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 188, Issue 3, Page 875-888, May 2026.
This study demonstrates the ecological value of natural regeneration in the Brazilian Cerrado by analysing the biomass, richness and trophic structure of leaf litter insects across pasture (P), regenerating (R) and native (N) areas. We found that R areas supported insect communities more similar to N habitats than to Ps, with higher richness, greater ...
Thalita Moraes Miranda Ribeiro de Souza, Rodrigo Aranda   +1 more
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Morphological, Molecular, and Isotopic Approaches to Termite Ecology: A Mangrove Case Study

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
Termite communities in Caribbean mangroves, though species‐poor, sustain crucial decomposition and nutrient cycling. Their overlapping niches and stochastic assembly highlight termites' resilience and ecological importance in supporting the functioning of these challenging coastal ecosystems.
Robin Casalla, Rafik Neme, Judith Korb
wiley   +1 more source