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- Title
First record of the invasive Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, from Egypt.
- Authors
BARAKAT, Heba; SCHEFFRAHN, Rudolf H.; EL GOHARY, El Gohary E.; BAHDER, Brian W.; MAHMOUD, Dalia M.; SALAMA, Mohamed S.; GHALLAB, Enas H.
- Abstract
The Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann 1896) (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae), is a structural pest endemic to Southeast Asia that has been spread anthropogenically to much of the tropics worldwide. We report a land-based establishment of C. gestroi in Alexandria, Egypt, the northernmost locality of this species and over 4000 km from its nearest previous locality in northern India. An earlier study suggested that C. gestroi, misidentified as Reticulitermes lucifugus (Rossi 1792), was in Alexandria in 2010. We confirm C. gestroi in Alexandria based on soldier morphology and COII sequence data. We also report that Coptotermes alexandrinus Mohammad et Ramadan 2023, is a junior synonym of C. gestroi. The world distribution of C. gestroi is presented.
- Publication
Bulletin of Insectology, 2024, Vol 77, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
1721-8861
- Publication type
Article