First record of the invasive Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, from Egypt
Heba A. A. Barakat; Rudolf H. SCHEFFRAHN; El Gohary, El Gohary E.; Brian W. BAHDER; Dalia M. Mahmoud; MOHAMED S. SALAMA; Ghallab, Enas;
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.
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.
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| Title | First record of the invasive Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, from Egypt | Authors | Heba A. A. Barakat ; Rudolf H. SCHEFFRAHN; El Gohary, El Gohary E. ; Brian W. BAHDER; Dalia M. Mahmoud ; MOHAMED S. SALAMA ; Ghallab, Enas | Keywords | s: Coptotermes;establishment;invasive species;world distribution;genetic sequencing;Palearctic Region | Issue Date | 2024 | Journal | Bulletin of Insectology |
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