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    Species Accepted

    Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853)

    Furniture Termite

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 16 countries or islands

      16 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BarbadosYes
      ChinaNo
      Cabo VerdeYes
      DominicaYes
      EcuadorYes
      SpainYes
      SpainNo
      JapanNo
      New CaledoniaYes
      NigeriaYes

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Furniture Termite English
      House Termite English
      Powderpost termite English
      Termita de los muebles Spanish
      West Indian Dry-wood Termite English
      West Indian Drywood Termite English
      הטרמיט הקריבי Hebrew
      ニシインドカンザイシロアリ Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Tay, J.-W. & James, D. (2021) Field Demonstration of Heat Technology to Mitigate Heat Sinks for Drywood Termite (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae) Management. Insects, 12(12), 1090: 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121090
      Andjic, V., Maxwell, A., Gorton, M. & White, D.M. (2022) A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of Cryptotermes brevis West Indian drywood termite (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae). Scientific Reports, 12(1), 15111: 12 pages. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18582-1
      Fuller, C. (1921) The termites of South Africa; being a preliminary notice. South African Journal of Natural History 3, 14–52.
      Walker, F.A. (1853) List of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III (Termitidae–Ephemeridae). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 585 pp.
      McDonald, J., Fitzgerald, C., Hassan, B. & Morrell, J.J. (2022) Non-destructive Detection of an Invasive Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae), in Timber. Sociobiology, 69(4), e7881: 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v69i4.7881
      Snyder, T.E. (1922) New termites from Hawaii, Central and South America, and the Antilles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60, 1–32 + 5 pls.
      Kumar, C., Hassan, B. & Fitzgerald, C. (2024) Investigation of heat transfer in timber boards and a simulated wall section to eliminate colonies of the west Indian drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae). Austral Entomology, 63(4), 425–433. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12708
      Ferreira, M.T., Borges, P.A.V. & Scheffrahn, R.H. (2012) Attraction of Alates of Cryptotermes brevis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) to Different Light Wavelengths in South Florida and the Azores. Journal of Economic Entomology, 105(6), 2213–2215. https://doi.org/10.1603/ec12240
      McDonald, J., Fitzgerald, C., Hassan, B. & Morrell, J.J. (2022) Thermal tolerance of an invasive drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae). Journal of Thermal Biology, 104, 103199: 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103199
      Haigh, W. (2023) The West Indian drywood termite diet: what we do and don't know. Australian Entomologist, 50(3), 361–364.

      Citation

      Cryptotermes brevis (Walker, 1853) in undefined