TY  - SER
AU  - Fialho-Junior, Leonardo Leite 
AU  - Nascimento, Diego Arcanjo 
AU  - Santos, Isabel Carolina de Lima 
AU  - Peres-Filho, Otávio 
AU  - Santos, Alexandre dos 
TI  - First Report of Heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Termite in Teak Plantations
KW  - ENTOMOLOGIA
KW  - FLORESTA
KW  - PROTEÇÃO FLORESTAL
KW  - TECTONA GRANDIS
KW  - CUPIM
KW  - PRAGA DE PLANTA
N1  - Publicação on-line; 22 ref.; 3 illus.; Summary (En)
N2  - 

ABSTRACT

Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest
plantation in Cáceres, 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.

Keywords: forest entomology, forest protection, Tectona grandis
UR  - https://www.scielo.br/j/floram/a/KVFyjxq64v5sK53tmNYDbfM/?format=pdf&lang=en
ER  -