Current distribution of the formosan subterranean termite and other termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae, Kalotermitidae) in Louisiana

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 580-587

  Messenger, Matthew T ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b  

^a City of New Orleans M/T C B   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Kalotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

PEST SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; TERMITE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CRYPTOTERMES BREVIS; INCISITERMES MINOR; INCISITERMES SNYDERI; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMES; KALOTERMES APPROXIMATUS; KALOTERMITIDAE; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HAGENI; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036975168     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0580:CDOTFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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