The Biology of Termitophiles

Kistner, David H.

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“…However, most of these classifications are controversial or not considered as useful (Grassé, 1986). The term termitophile has been used, basically, in two different ways (Kistner, 1969): (1) termitophiles sensu lato, for animals other than termites that live inside the nest of termites (e.g., Silvestri, 1903); and (2) termitophiles sensu stricto, used for animals, other than termites, that have obligatory relationships to the termite society, spending at least part of their life cycle within the termite colony (e.g., Wilson, 1971). The term termitariophile can be used for facultative occupants of termite nests (Araujo, 1970;Berg, 1900), or for those animals that use the termitarium only as a shelter, and do not interact with their hosts (Constantino and Acioli, 2006).…”

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Review of bees as guests in termite nests, with a new record of the communal bee, Gaesochira obscura (Smith, 1879) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), in nests of Anoplotermes banksi Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

2012

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Associations between bees and termites are documented infrequently, but records are available for bee species ranging in behavior from solitary to highly eusocial. The subtribe Meliponina (stingless bees) is the most common bee group reported in termite nests, and, for some species, the occupancy of termite nests may be obligatory. The records of solitary bees nesting within termite nests include species of the tribes Emphorini, Centridini, Megachilini, and Paracolletini. Most of these bees can probably nest in other substrates, and their relationships with termite nests are presumably opportunistic. This study provides a review of published records of bees as guests in termite nests, and also describes the aggregation of nests of Gaesochira obscura within one nest of Anoplotermes banksi in Brazilian Amazonia. One termite nest contained at least ten nest entrances of G. obscura, with burrows 4-6 mm in diameter and about 10 cm long. Each burrow ended in brood cells in different stages of food provisioning and larval development. As commonly reported for other associations of this nature, there was no connection between the tunnels of bees and those of termites. This record adds important data on the biology of A. banksi. Because this is a single record, it is impossible to classify G. obscura either as a termitophile or termitariophile; this species may be opportunistic in relation to nesting substrate.

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Review of bees as guests in termite nests, with a new record of the communal bee, Gaesochira obscura (Smith, 1879) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), in nests of Anoplotermes banksi Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

2012

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“…Many species of insects are known to be associated with termites, and especially with fungus-growing termites of the genus Odontotermes Holmgren, 1912, which is a host for various groups of termitophiles in their fungus gardens, e.g., beetles, fl ies and silverfi sh (Wasmann 1904(Wasmann , 1912(Wasmann , 1916Kistner 1969). David H. Kistner investigated the termitophile fauna in Khao Yai National Park, Th ailand, and reported some new species of staphylinid beetles (Kistner and Newton 1999;Jacobson and Kistner, 1999) and a few scuttle fl ies (Disney and Kistner 1997).…”

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Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Kanao¹,

Maruyama²,

Sakchoowong³

2010

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Discoxenus katayamai sp. n. and Odontoxenus thailandicus sp. n. are described from Khao Yai National Park, East Th ailand. Both species were collected from nests of termite of the genus Odontotermes Holmgren, 1912. Th ese are the fi rst records of both genera from Th ailand. Discoxenus katayamai is similar to D. indicus Wasmann, 1904, and O. thailandicus is similar to O. butteri (Wasmann, 1916). Each species is easily distinguished from their congeners by the body size, the number of the setae on the pronotum, elytra and abdomen and other characters discussed below.

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“…The three genera have been recorded only with nasutitermitine termites of the Nasutitermes branch-Constrictotermes Holmgren (Spirachtha) , Nasutitermes Dudley (Spirachthodes) , and Fulleritermes Coaton (Coatonachthodes). The limited range of hosts of these inquilines, which follows a pattern common in the Corotocini, and their southern distribution, have evident zoogeographical implications, as Seevers (1957Seevers ( ,1960 and Kistner (1968Kistner ( , 1969 have pointed out.…”

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“…3-7) and on some features of the physogastric abdomen (Figs. 1, 2), features that are probably lacking in the newly emerged, stenogastric adult (cf : Emerson 1949;Kistner 1969). In the description below, the terms "anterior" and "posterior" are used in a morphological sense; "above", "below", "in front of' and "behind" refer to the orientation of the head and thorax.…”

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“…Three genera of these corotocines have been described: Spirachtha Schiqidte from Brazil and Guyana, Spirachthodes Seevers from Madagascar, and Coatonachthodes Kistner from South-West Africa (Seevers 1957(Seevers ,1960Kistner 1968). Kistner (1968Kistner ( ,1969 has argued cogently that the resemblance between these inquilines and worker termites is a case of mimicry, based on palpation rather than vision. The three genera have been recorded only with nasutitermitine termites of the Nasutitermes branch-Constrictotermes Holmgren (Spirachtha) , Nasutitermes Dudley (Spirachthodes) , and Fulleritermes Coaton (Coatonachthodes).…”

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AUSTROSPIRACHTHA MIMETES, A NEW TERMITOPHILOUS COROTOCINE FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)

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Australian Journal of Entomology

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The Biology of Termitophiles

Cited by 49 publications

References 8 publications

Review of bees as guests in termite nests, with a new record of the communal bee, Gaesochira obscura (Smith, 1879) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), in nests of Anoplotermes banksi Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Review of bees as guests in termite nests, with a new record of the communal bee, Gaesochira obscura (Smith, 1879) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), in nests of Anoplotermes banksi Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

AUSTROSPIRACHTHA MIMETES, A NEW TERMITOPHILOUS COROTOCINE FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)

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