Establishment of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn; James W. Austin; James A. Chase; Benjamin Gillenwaters; John R. Mangold; Allen L. Szalanski

doi:10.1653/024.099.0331

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1 September 2016 Establishment of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, James W. Austin, James A. Chase, Benjamin Gillenwaters, John R. Mangold, Allen L. Szalanski

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Florida Entomologist, 99(3):544-546 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0331

Abstract

Ten years after its discovery, a survey of the exotic termite Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Isoptera: Termitidae) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas, revealed an infested area of about 40 ha. The age and spread of the Abaco infestation is remarkably similar to the introduced N. corniger population in Dania Beach, Florida. Survey evidence corroborated that both dispersal at the Abaco location and lack of genetic variation (from its subsequent spread) of this established population point to a single introduction event fostered through a maritime introduction.

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Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, James W. Austin, James A. Chase, Benjamin Gillenwaters, John R. Mangold, and Allen L. Szalanski "Establishment of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas," Florida Entomologist 99(3), 544-546, (1 September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0331

Published: 1 September 2016

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