Reticulitermes
| Reticulitermes | |
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| Reticulitermes flavipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Rhinotermitidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterotermitinae |
| Genus: | Reticulitermes Holmgren, 1913 |
| Species | |
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Reticulitermes flavipes | |
| Synonyms | |
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Maresa Giebel, 1856 | |
Reticulitermes is a termite genus in the family Rhinotermitidae.[1]
Distribution
In Europe
Reticulitermes flavipes (former santonensis) is found in western France, Reticulitermes grassei in southwestern France, northwestern and southern Spain and Portugal, Reticulitermes banyulensis in the Roussillon region of France and Reticulitermes lucifugus in the Provence region.[2] The subspecies, Reticulitermes lucifugus corsicus is found in Corsica and Sardinia. Reticulitermes urbis, a newly described species is found in urban zones in the southeast of France[3] (Marseille in the west to Italy in the east).
In Asia
Reticulitermes clypeatus is found in Middle East.
Reticulitermes lucifugus is found in Turkey.
Reticulitermes chinensis, Reticulitermes guangzhouensis, Reticulitermes leptomandibularis and Reticulitermes khaoyaiensis are found in China.
Reticulitermes kanmonensis is found in China and Japan.
Reticulitermes amamianus, Reticulitermes speratus, Reticulitermes miyatakei, Reticulitermes okinawanus and Reticulitermes yaeyamanus are found in Japan.
Reticulitermes arenicola is found in India.
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In North America
The eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) is the most widely distributed termite found in the eastern United States. R. flavipes is commonly found in southern Ontario, and is found in all the eastern states including Texas.
Other termites found there are the dark southeastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes virginicus) and the light southeastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes hageni). These are less important economically (such as in damage to crops) because of their more limited range.
Other termites species are found: Reticulitermes hesperus in California; Reticulitermes malletei in Mississippi; Reticulitermes nelsonae in Louisiana and Florida.[6]
References
- ↑ "GENUS Reticulitermes". UniProt. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Biosystematics of Reticulitermes termites in Europe: morphological, chemical and molecular data. J.-L. Clément, A.-G. Bagnères, P. Uva, L. Wilfert, A. Quintana, J. Reinhard and S. Dronnet, Insectes Sociaux, 2001, Volume 48, Number 3, pages 202-215, doi:10.1007/PL00001768
- ↑ Leniaud, L., Dedeine, F., Pichon, A., Dupont, S., Bagneres, A.G., (2010). Geographical distribution, genetic diversity and social organization of a new European termite, Reticulitermes urbis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Biological Invasions 12, 1389-1402. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9555-8
- ↑ Kim, M.J., Choi, Y.S., Lee, J., Kim, J.J., Kim, G.H., (2012). Molecular Characteristics of Subterranean Termites of the genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) From Korea. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105, 97-102.doi:10.1603/AN11078
- ↑ Park, Y.C., Kitade, O., Schwarz, M., Kim, J.P., Kim, W., (2006). Intraspecific molecular phylogeny, genetic variation and phylogeography of Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae). Molecules and Cells 21, 89-103.
- ↑ Austin, J.W., Bagneres, A.G., Szalanski, A.L., Scheffrahn, R.H., Heintschel, B.P., Messenger, M.T., Clement, J.L., Gold, R.E., (2007). Reticulitermes malletei (Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae): a valid nearctic subterranean termite from eastern North America. Zootaxa, 1-26. (PDF) http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01554p026f.pdf. Missing or empty
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External links
| External identifiers for Reticulitermes | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 50424 |
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