First record of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-198

  Austin, James W ^a   Szalanski, Allen L ^b   Myles, Timothy G ^c   Borges, Paulo A V ^d   Nunes, Lina ^f   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^e  

^a BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Universidade dos Açores ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MILITARY INTERVENTION; NEW RECORD; PROBABILITY; TERMITE;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; TERCEIRA;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84860634753     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.095.0131     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. ANONYMOUS. 2011. Air Force Departmental Publishing Office (AFDPO), Lajes Field, Azores website: http://www.lajes.af.mil/). Last viewed on 26 VIII 2011.
2. AUSTIN, J. W., SZALANSKI, A. L., SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., AND MESSENGER, M. T. 2005a. Genetic variation of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in North America: applying the mitochondrial Rrna 16S gene. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 98: 980-988.
3. AUSTIN, J. W., SZALANSKI, A. L., SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., MESSENGER, M. T., DRONNET, S., AND BAGNÈRES, A.-G. 2005b. Genetic evidence for the synonymy of two Reticulitermes species: Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes santonensis. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 98: 395-401.
4. AUSTIN, J. W., SZALANSKI, A. L., SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., MESSENGER, M. T., MCKERN, J. A., AND GOLD, R. E. 2006. Genetic evidence for two introductions of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), to the United States. Florida Entomol. 89:183-193
5. EDWARDS, R., AND MILL, A. E. 1986. Termites in buildings, their biology and control. Rentokil Limited, East Grinstead, U.K.
6. EMERSON, A. E. 1971. Tertiary fossil species of the Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera), phylogeny of genera, and reciprocal phylogeny of associated Flagellata (Protozoa) and the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 146: 243-303.
7. GAY, F. J. 1967. A world review of introduced species of termites. CSIRO Melbourne, Australia, Bull. 286: 1-88.
8. GHESINI, S., MESSENGER, M. T., PILON, N., AND MARINI, M. 2010. First report of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Italy. Florida Entomol. 93: 327-328.
9. GHESINI, S., PILON, N., AND MARINI, M. 2011. A new finding of Reticulitermes flavipes in northern Italy. Bull. Insectol. 64: 83-85.
10. LA FAGE, J. P. 1987. Practical considerations of the Formosan subterranean termite in Louisiana:
11. MCKERN, J. A., SZALANSKI, A. L., AND AUSTIN, J. W. 2006. First record of Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes hageni in Oregon (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Florida Entomol. 89: 541-542.
12. NUNES, L., AND NOBRE, T. 2007. The subterranean termite Reticulitermes grassei in mainland Portugal and its potential impact in the Azores, pp. 106-111 In P. A. V. Borges and T. Myles [eds.], Térmitas dos A'ores. Princípia. Lisboa, Portugal.
13. SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., AND SU, N.-Y. 1994. Keys to soldier and winged adult termites (Isoptera) of Florida. Florida Entomol. 77: 460-474.
14. SCOTT, R. F., AND SCOTT, H. G. 1996. The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus. River Ridge, Louisiana. 144 pp.
15. SPINK, W. T. 1967. The Formosan subterranean termite in Louisiana. Louisiana State Univ. Circ. 89, 12 pp.
16. SU, N.-Y., YE, W., RIPA, R., SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., AND GIBLIN-DAVIS, R. M. 2006. Identification of Chilean Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Inferred from three Mitochondrial Gene DNA Sequences and Soldier Morphology. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 9:352-363.
17. SZALANSKI, A. L., AUSTIN, J. W., MCKERN, J. A., SCHEFFRAHN, R. H., OWENS, C. B., AND MESSENGER, M. T. 2008. Molecular phylogeography of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) termites from Florida. Sociobiol. 52: 619-632.