First Report of Heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Termite in Teak Plantations

ABSTRACT Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest plantation in Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. H. longiceps caused galleries below the bark, at the heartwood-sapwood interface, from the beginning of the root until approximately 1 m height tall and very infested plants has died. This is the first report of H. longiceps damage in teak in Brazil.

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Main Authors: Fialho-Junior,Leonardo Leite, Nascimento,Diego Arcanjo, Santos,Isabel Carolina de Lima, Peres-Filho,Otávio, Santos,Alexandre dos
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Florestas da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 2019
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872019000300401
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