TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of termitophilous rove beetles associated with formosan subterranean termite coptotermes formosanus in taiwan, with the first larval description for the tribe termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
AU - Liang, Wei Ren
AU - Maruyama, Munetoshi
AU - Kanao, Taisuke
AU - Iwata, Ryûtarô
AU - Li, Hou Feng
N1 - Funding Information:
We sincerely thank Dr. Margaret K. Thayer (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago), Dr. Martin Fikáček (National Museum, Czech Republic), and one anonymous reviewer for improving our manuscript. We also thank Cheng-Lung Tsai (Department of Entomology, NCHU) for technical support on gene sequencing. We thank Fang-Shuo Hu (Department of Entomology, NCHU) for providing specimens from Taipei and Yilan. We thank Kuan-Chih Kuan (Department of Entomology, NCHU) for sharing important comments. This study was supported by funding from Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association for WRL and the grants (MOST 104-2311-B-005-002 and MOST 105-2628-B-005-003-MY3) provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909 (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), is a well-known pest of wood structures. Its native range has been widely investigated for potential implications for pest control strategies. Termitophilous staphylinid species of the genera Japanophilus Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 and Sinophilus Kistner, 1985 found in nests of C. formosanus have been used to infer the native range of their host termite. Herein, we extend the range of these two genera to include Taiwan, the type locality of C. formosanus. Taiwanese specimens were identified as J. hojoi Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 and S. yukoae Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 based on morphological and molecular data. The first-instar larva of J. hojoi is described, the first known immature stage of the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).
AB - The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909 (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), is a well-known pest of wood structures. Its native range has been widely investigated for potential implications for pest control strategies. Termitophilous staphylinid species of the genera Japanophilus Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 and Sinophilus Kistner, 1985 found in nests of C. formosanus have been used to infer the native range of their host termite. Herein, we extend the range of these two genera to include Taiwan, the type locality of C. formosanus. Taiwanese specimens were identified as J. hojoi Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 and S. yukoae Maruyama & Iwata, 2002 based on morphological and molecular data. The first-instar larva of J. hojoi is described, the first known immature stage of the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).
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U2 - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.005
DO - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85080999608
SN - 0374-1036
VL - 60
SP - 77
EP - 87
JO - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
JF - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
IS - 1
ER -