Reproductive strategy of Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Brazil
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2004-07-26
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Costa-Leonardo, Ana Maria [UNESP]
Arab, Alberto [UNESP]
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The termite Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Rhinotermitidae) is an exotic species in Brazil. This species forms colonies headed by primary reproductives, however, non-functional neotenics are commonly found even in the presence of the imaginai pair. The presence of non-functional neotenics in C. gestroi colonies may correspond to a strategy of this termite species for rapid colonization in foreign areas, instead of a response to chemical control methods.
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Neotenics, Nymphs, Primary reproductives, Replacement reproductives, Subterranean termites, Arthropoda, Coptotermes, Coptotermes gestroi, Invertebrata, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae
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Sociobiology, v. 44, n. 1, p. 123-125, 2004.