Biology:Odontotermes assmuthi
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Short description: Species of termite
| Sugarcane termite | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Blattodea |
| Infraorder: | Isoptera |
| Family: | Termitidae |
| Genus: | Odontotermes |
| Species: | O. assmuthi
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| Binomial name | |
| Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren, 1913
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The sugarcane termite (Odontotermes assmuthi) is a species of termite of the genus Odontotermes. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is recorded from coconut palms and is a pest of sugarcane.[1]
Description
General body color is creamy with darker head. Workers can be seen foraging in both morning and evening.[2]
It is a major pest of sugar cane, where attacked canes can be wilted and then dieback occurs. Semi-circular feeding marks on the leaves are characteristic marks left by the termite. Aspergillus flavus known to have termiticidal activity against O. assmuthi.[3]
References
- ↑ "An annotated checklist of termites (Isoptera) from Sri Lanka". National Science Foundation. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309665163. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren, 1913; Common Name: Sugarcane Termites". ICAR-NBAIR. http://www.cib.res.in/insectinfo/details.php?nbaiiuid=INI024A. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "Termites in sugarcane". Agropedia. http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/termites-sugarcane. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
- Kushwaha, K. S. (1 September 1961). "Chaetotaxy of the termite,odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae)". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 54 (3): 130–137. doi:10.1007/BF03051896.
- Basalingappa, S (1982). "Degeneration of thoracic muscles in sexual forms of Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren (Termitidae : Isoptera) following swarming and colony establishment.". Entomon 7 (1): 63–64. http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=IN19830930223.
- Manzoor, F.; Akhtar, M. S. (2002). "Morphometric variations in termite Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren". Punjab University Journal of Zoology 17: 162–173. http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/zology/PDF-FILES/16-%20Morphometric%20variationsin%20a%20termite%20Odontotermes%20Giriensis%20(Roonwal%20and%20Chhotani)_17_2002.pdf.
- Saha, Nivedita; Mazumdar, Prahlad C.; Basak, Jayati; Raha, Angshuman; Majumder, Amitava; Chandra, Kailash (26 March 2016). "Subterranian [sic] termite genus Odontotermes (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae) from Chhattisgarh, India with its annotated checklist and revised key". Journal of Threatened Taxa 8 (3): 8602–8610. doi:10.11609/jott.2654.8.3.8602-8610.
- Basalingappa, S; Badami, R C; Kudari, S M (June 1972). "The gross fatty acid composition of the body fat from the termite (Odontotermes assmuthi) queen". Biochemical Journal 128 (1): 44P–45P. doi:10.1042/bj1280044pc. PMID 5085612.
- Basalingappa, S.; Hegde, S. N. (July 1974). "The probable significance of the differential occurrence of protein in various castes of the termite Odontotermes assmuthi (Isoptera: Termitidae)". Experientia 30 (7): 758–759. doi:10.1007/BF01924169. PMID 4847657.
- Thakur, M. L. (1978). "New Observations on the Swarming Behaviour in Nature in Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren (Isoptera: Termitidae)". Indian Forester 104 (9): 638.
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