Treatise on the Isoptera of the World

Krishna, K. Mahesh; Grimaldi, David A.; Krishna, Valerie; Engel, Michael S.

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“…According to Krishna et al (2013) there are 2,937 termite species worldwide, of which 569 are found in the Neotropics. The On-line Termite Database maintained by Constantino (2014) refers 2,882 termite species in the world, of which 562 species occur in the Neotropics (database was last updated in September 2012).…”

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“…The Neotropics rank in the third position in termite richness among the biogeographic regions, with the Oriental and Ethiopian ones presenting the highest number of species recorded so far (Krishna et al, 2013). About 72% of the neotropical species occur in South America (Constantino, 2014) and the sites with good termite surveys are between the parallels 0° S and 20° S, which include the biomes Amazon and Atlantic Forests, Cerrado and Caatinga (Constantino & Acioli, 2006).…”

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Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Diehl¹,

Diehl‐Fleig²,

Albuquerque³

et al. 2014

Sociobiology

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Previous studies on the effects of environmental factors, such as altitude, latitude, temperature, deforestation, forest fragmentation, fire, and flood on the community structure of termites and ants were conducted in various regions of Brazil; few of them were carried out in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Here we describe termites and ants diversity at different sites along the four geomorphologic units of this state. We recorded 16 taxa of termites, of which three are new state records, increasing to 19 the number of termite species known to occur in the state. Accordingly, we also found 73 species and 115 morphospecies of ants, of which only one was a new record, raising to 265 taxa the number of ant species known to occur in the state. As expected, we found a higher species richness of ants than termites. The low richness of both groups relative to other Brazilian regions could be a consequence of the subtropical to temperate climate in the state, since most portions of the state are below 30o latitude, the study areas be above 500 m altitude, and other environmental characteristics of each site. We suggest a positive relationship between species richness of termites and altitude, while ant richness indicated an inverse relationship. However, our data are not conclusive, due to the low number of replications in each altitude, particularly for termites. This study is unique in presenting an updated checklist of termites and ants in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Diehl¹,

Diehl‐Fleig²,

Albuquerque³

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“…Reticulitermes has a temperate, holarctic distribution, although it is absent from the drier areas of north Asia east of the Caspian Sea [13,14], with the highest diversity found in China and then around the Mediterranean (although many species are likely synonyms [1,15]). Heterotermes and Coptotermes are pantropical, although Heterotermes is absent from Africa except a small area around Ethiopia (figure 1) [13,14].…”

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Oceanic dispersal, vicariance and human introduction shaped the modern distribution of the termitesReticulitermes,HeterotermesandCoptotermes

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Šobotník

et al. 2016

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Reticulitermes, Heterotermes and Coptotermes form a small termite clade with partly overlapping distributions. Although native species occur across all continents, the factors influencing their distribution are poorly known. Here, we reconstructed the historical biogeography of these termites using mitochondrial genomes of species collected on six continents. Our analyses showed that Reticulitermes split from Heterotermes þ Coptotermes at 59.5 Ma (49.9 -69.5 Ma 95% CI), yet the oldest split within Reticulitermes (Eurasia and North America) is 16.1 Ma (13.4 -19.5 Ma) and the oldest split within Heterotermes þ Coptotermes is 36.0 Ma (33.9 -40.5 Ma). We detected 14 disjunctions between biogeographical realms, all of which occurred within the last 34 Ma, not only after the break-up of Pangaea, but also with the continents in similar to current positions. Land dispersal over land bridges explained four disjunctions, oceanic dispersal by wood rafting explained eight disjunctions, and human introduction was the source of two recent disjunctions. These wood-eating termites, therefore, appear to have acquired their modern worldwide distribution through multiple dispersal processes, with oceanic dispersal and human introduction favoured by the ecological traits of nesting in wood and producing replacement reproductives.

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“…More than 2,900 living species have been described globally (Krishna et al 2013), and the greatest values of adiversity and biomass have been recorded in humid tropical forests (Vasconcellos 2010, Jones & Eggleton 2011. Up to 50% of the decomposition of organic detritus of plant origin has been attributed to termite action in these forests (Bignell & Eggleton 2000).…”

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High termite richness in an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil

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Termites are very abundant in tropical ecosystems and have active roles in nutrient cycling and soil formation, but few studies of their assemblages have been undertaken in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The present study analyzed the composition of termite assemblages in a fragment of Atlantic Forest embedded within an urban matrix in northeastern Brazil. Five standardized sampling protocols of termites were applied, with a total sampling effort of 1500m2. We encountered 45 species of termites belonging to 25 genera and three families. The soil-feeders group demonstrated the greatest species richness, while wood-feeders species were the most abundant. The species richness of termite in the study area was the greatest yet recorded for an Atlantic forest site in Brazil, indicating the importance of urban fragments for conserving tropical biodiversity.

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Treatise on the Isoptera of the World

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Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Richness of Termites and Ants in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Oceanic dispersal, vicariance and human introduction shaped the modern distribution of the termitesReticulitermes,HeterotermesandCoptotermes

High termite richness in an urban fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil

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