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T1 Identification of Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853) and Kalotermes flavicollis (Fabricius, 1793) Termite Species by Detritus Analysis
A1 Bobadilla Maldonado, Ignacio
A1 Martínez López, Roberto Diego
A1 Martínez Ramírez, Manuel
A1 Arriaga, Francisco
K1 Detritic elements
K1 Elementos detríticos
K1 Termites
K1 Termitas
K1 Xylophagous
K1 Insectos xilófagos
AB We carried out morphological and dimensional analysis of the detritic elements deposited in the galleries of two termite species of the Kalotermitidae family present in Spain known as drywood termites (Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853) and Kalotermes flavicollis (Fabricius, 1793)). This was in order to gauge the possibility of differentiating the species only on the basis of debris observation and analysis. Ten samples from six different geographical sources were analyzed and measured. Significant statistical differences were found between these two termite species in all measured parameters, and multivariate statistical models, able to predict species on the basis of dimensional measurements, were developed, with a degree of success higher than 75%. The most important dimensional differences were length and width, as well as the variable hexagonal shape of the cross-section of the detritic elements. The detritic elements of both species had a variable form of a hexagonal prism with slightly concave faces, and with pointed or rounded ends. Those of the Cryptotermes brevis species were significantly larger, less elongated, and had a smaller concavity on the faces of the prism. Color was found to be particularly variable in both species, and was not useful. Nevertheless, the debris of Kalotermes flavicollis was markedly “dirty” (mixed with other wood remains).
PB MDPI
SN 1999-4907
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52357
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/52357
LA spa
NO Forests, 2020, vol. 11, n. 4, 408
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-jun-2024