Padrão de distribuição de cupins na região urbana de Goiânia

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ABSTRACT. Distribution patterns of termites on urban region of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. A survey of Isoptera pest species in Goiânia, Goiás Brazil about your distribution was related with some environmental factors. A sampling in 600 buildings of different ages located in 20 districts, and the main types of original vegetation was analysed. Four termite species were registered. The analysis showed that the association between infestation frequency and the type of original vegetation has low significance; and between the buildings and districts age has high significance; and neighbouring trees were not an important cause in the distribution pattern of the termites.KEYWORDS. Isoptera, building age, urban fauna, Nasutitermes, Cerrado region. RESUMO.Foi realizado um levantamento das espécies de cupins em Goiânia, GO, que constituem praga e sua distribuição foi relacionada com alguns fatores ambientais. Realizou-se uma amostragem em 600 edificações de várias idades localizadas em 20 bairros, e analisaramse os principais tipos de vegetação original. Foram registradas quatro espécies de cupins. As análises mostraram que a associação entre a frequência de infestação e o tipo de vegetação original apresentou baixa significância; e entre as idades dos bairros e das edificações apresentou alta significância e constatou-se que árvores próximas não podem ser consideradas uma causa importante do padrão de distribuição dos cupins.

Urban Termites of Recife, Northeast Brazil (Isoptera)

“…Heterotermes longiceps and Amitermes amifer were found infesting fences and eating decomposing wood in yards. Heterotemes longiceps has also been found in the urban environments of the cities of Brasília by Constantino & Dianese (2001), Corrientes by Torales (2002), Belo Horizonte by , João Pessoa by Vasconcellos et al (2002), and Goiânia by Costa et al (2009). Amitermes amifer, in turn, has also been found in João Pessoa causing superficial damage to wood objects in gardens (Vasconcelos et al 2002).…”

“…Termite infestations in urban areas have already been reported in several South American countries (e.g. Mill 1991;Aber & Fontes 1993, Fontes 1995, Torales et al 1997, Bandeira 1998, Constantino & Dianese 2001, Costa et al 2009). In the northeastern region, eleven termite species have been recorded causing some type damage specifically within buildings , Vasconcellos et al 2002.…”

Termite (Isoptera) survey in urban area in Northern of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

“…Decades ago, this species was mainly observed in natural or agricultural environments (Fontes and Milano 2002). However, the incidence of N. corniger in urban households has risen in recent years (Costa et al 2009;Albuquerque et al 2012;Mello et al 2014) what indicates its increasing importance as an urban pest. A major reduction in the natural vegetation in urban-transition areas could be the main cause for increases in N. corniger populations in Recife city, capital of Pernambuco State in Brazilian northeastern region (Milano and Fontes 2002b;Albuquerque et al 2012).…”

Caracterização das guildas de cupins em uma área de Floresta Amazônica, Rondônia, Brasil

“…Apesar de a celulose ser a única fonte de recurso alimentar dos cupins, essa substância é consumida em várias formas presentes na natureza, tais como madeira viva, seca e em diferentes estados de decomposição, gramíneas, fungos, líquens, folhas secas e húmus (Eggleton et al 1995). (Novaretti & Fontes 1998, Costa et al 2009.…”