Effect of Soil Type and Moisture Availability on the Foraging Behavior of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. Cornelius ◽  
Weste L. A. Osbrink
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Behavior ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽  
Moisture Availability

Foraging Behavior of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1466-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan-Yao Su ◽  
Minoru Tamashiro ◽  
Julian R. Yates ◽  
Michael I. Haverty
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Behavior ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite

Feeding site selection by workers of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) – a re-analysis of field data from a mark–recapture study

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.-Y. Su ◽  
P.N. Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Random Search ◽  
Coptotermes Formosanus ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Frequency Data ◽  
Feeding Frequency ◽  
Feeding Site ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽  
Computer Simulation Program ◽  
Bait Stations

AbstractDuring the early stages of the development of termite baits, dyed paper was placed in specified feeding stations to ascertain whether a slow-acting toxicant could be placed in a few bait stations to be delivered to the entire colony members of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Feeding frequency data, as measured by the dye concentration in individual termites, suggested the absence of feeding site fidelity. However, these results were often misinterpreted as random movement of termites that were marked and released for population estimate studies, or the random search of food in soil by subterranean termites. A computer simulation program was constructed to re-examine this feeding frequency data, and confirmed the earlier conclusion that the lack of feeding site fidelity was the most likely explanation for the data.

scholarly journals Myosin Gene Expression and Protein Abundance in Different Castes of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)

Insects ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1190-1199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Tarver ◽  
Christopher Florane ◽  
Christopher Mattison ◽  
Beth Holloway ◽  
Alan Lax
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Coptotermes Formosanus ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Protein Abundance ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite

scholarly journals Worker Size in the Formosan Subterranean Termite in Relation to Colony Breeding Structure as Inferred from Molecular Markers

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Husseneder ◽  
Janine E. Powell ◽  
J. Kenneth Grace ◽  
Edward L. Vargo ◽  
Kenji Matsuura
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽  
Breeding Structure ◽  
Worker Size

scholarly journals Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) established in Israel and world distribution of a major termite pest

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1537-1543
Author(s):  
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn ◽  
Brian W. Bahder ◽  
Tomer Lu
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Coptotermes Formosanus ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽  
The World ◽  
World Distribution

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909, is a highly destructive structural pest endemic to East Asia. We report a land-based establishment of C. formosanus in Petah Tikva, Israel, over 6000 km from its nearest previous locality in China. The species’ identity was confirmed by soldier morphology and by COI sequence data. In addition, a population discovered in 1992 in suburban San Diego, California, USA, remains viable. Marathon hosts the first infestation of C. formosanus in the Florida Keys. The world distribution of C. formosanus is presented, and the biogeography and mechanisms of spread of this termite are discussed.

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