Fialho-Junior, Leonardo Leite  Nascimento, Diego Arcanjo  Santos, Isabel Carolina de Lima  Peres-Filho, Otávio  Santos, Alexandre dos  <br/><br/>
First Report of Heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Termite in Teak Plantations 

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<br/><br/> <br/><br/>ABSTRACT<br/><br/>Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest<br/>plantation in Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. H. longiceps caused galleries below the bark, at the<br/>heartwood-sapwood interface, from the beginning of the root until approximately 1 m height tall<br/>and very infested plants has died. This is the first report of H. longiceps damage in teak in Brazil.<br/><br/>Keywords: forest entomology, forest protection, Tectona grandis. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ENTOMOLOGIA<br/>FLORESTA<br/>PROTEÇÃO FLORESTAL<br/>TECTONA GRANDIS<br/>CUPIM<br/>PRAGA DE PLANTA