Area-Wide Management of the Formosan Subterranean Termite Coptotermes formosanus in New Orleans' French Quarter

Beginning in 1998, multiple mark-recapture studies were conducted inside 12.75-ha Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, LA, to locate and characterize all detectable colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), established within the park. This is the first attempt to characterize subterranean termite colonies on such a large scale within a defined area. As a result, 13 C. formosanus colonies were identified using characteristics such as mean worker weight (range, 2.96–4.54 mg), foraging territory size (range, 83–1634 m2), and wood consumption rate (range, 0.6–5.2 g wood/monitoring station/day). In addition, six Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) colonies were identified throughout the park. A total of 251 of 785 (~32%) trees in the park were infested by C. formosanus colonies. Foraging territories of each colony remained relatively stable over a 4-yr period, with seasonal activity within monitoring stations increasing during the summer and decreasing during winter.

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Feeding site selection by workers of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) – a re-analysis of field data from a mark–recapture study

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1079/ber2003253 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 93 (5) ◽

pp. 467-473 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N.-Y. Su ◽

P.N. Scherer

Keyword(s):

Site Fidelity ◽

Random Search ◽

Coptotermes Formosanus ◽

Subterranean Termite ◽

Frequency Data ◽

Feeding Frequency ◽

Feeding Site ◽

Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽

Computer Simulation Program ◽

Bait Stations

AbstractDuring the early stages of the development of termite baits, dyed paper was placed in specified feeding stations to ascertain whether a slow-acting toxicant could be placed in a few bait stations to be delivered to the entire colony members of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Feeding frequency data, as measured by the dye concentration in individual termites, suggested the absence of feeding site fidelity. However, these results were often misinterpreted as random movement of termites that were marked and released for population estimate studies, or the random search of food in soil by subterranean termites. A computer simulation program was constructed to re-examine this feeding frequency data, and confirmed the earlier conclusion that the lack of feeding site fidelity was the most likely explanation for the data.

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Myosin Gene Expression and Protein Abundance in Different Castes of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects3041190 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 1190-1199 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Matthew Tarver ◽

Christopher Florane ◽

Christopher Mattison ◽

Beth Holloway ◽

Alan Lax

Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Coptotermes Formosanus ◽

Subterranean Termite ◽

Protein Abundance ◽

Formosan Subterranean Termite

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RNA interference of endoglucanases in the formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus shiraki (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) by dsRNA injection or ingestion

Journal of Insect Physiology ◽

10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.11.007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 112 ◽

pp. 15-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Wenjing Wu ◽

Daifei Gu ◽

Shanchun Yan ◽

Zhiqiang Li

Keyword(s):

Rna Interference ◽

Coptotermes Formosanus ◽

Subterranean Termite ◽

Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽

Coptotermes Formosanus Shiraki ◽

Dsrna Injection

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Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) established in Israel and world distribution of a major termite pest

Check List ◽

10.15560/16.6.1537 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 1537-1543

Author(s):

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn ◽

Brian W. Bahder ◽

Tomer Lu

Keyword(s):

East Asia ◽

San Diego ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Florida Keys ◽

Coptotermes Formosanus ◽

Subterranean Termite ◽

Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽

The World ◽

World Distribution

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909, is a highly destructive structural pest endemic to East Asia. We report a land-based establishment of C. formosanus in Petah Tikva, Israel, over 6000 km from its nearest previous locality in China. The species’ identity was confirmed by soldier morphology and by COI sequence data. In addition, a population discovered in 1992 in suburban San Diego, California, USA, remains viable. Marathon hosts the first infestation of C. formosanus in the Florida Keys. The world distribution of C. formosanus is presented, and the biogeography and mechanisms of spread of this termite are discussed.

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