First report of heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) termite in teak plantations
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2019-01-01
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Fialho, Leonardo Leite
Nascimento, Diego Arcanjo [UNESP]
de Lima Santos, Isabel Carolina
Peres-Filho, Otávio
dos Santos, Alexandre
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Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest plantation in Caceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. H. longiceps caused galleries below the bark, at the heartwood-sapwood interface, from the beginning of the root until approximately 1 m height tall and very infested plants has died. This is the first report of H. longiceps damage in teak in Brazil.
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Forest entomology, Forest protection, Tectona grandis
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Floresta e Ambiente, v. 26, n. 3, 2019.