A Review of Termite Species and Their Distribution in Thailand
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Selection Criteria
2.1.1. Publications in Database
2.1.2. Annual Reports/Theses
2.2. GIS Map Construction
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Regions | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern | Northeastern | Central | Eastern | Western | Southern | |
Ancistrotermes pakestanicus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Bulbitermes laticephalus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Bulbitermes prabhae | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Coptotermes curvignathus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Coptotermes gestroi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Cryptotermes thailandis | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Dicuspiditermes garthwaitei | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Globitermes sulphureus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Glyptotermes pinangae | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Hospitalitermes ataramensis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hypotermes makhamensis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Macrotermes annandalei | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Macrotermes carbonarius | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Macrotermes gilvus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Macrotermes maesodensis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Microcerotermes crassus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Microcerotermes minutus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Microtermes obesi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nasutitermes matangensiformis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Odontotermes feae | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Odontotermes formosanus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Odontotermes longignathus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Odontotermes proformosanus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Pericapritermes latignathus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Pericapritermes semarangi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Procapritermes parasilvaticus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Schedorhinotermes medioobscurus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Termes cosmis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Lertlumnaphakul, W.; Ngoen-Klan, R.; Vongkaluang, C.; Chareonviriyaphap, T. A Review of Termite Species and Their Distribution in Thailand. Insects 2022, 13, 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020186
Lertlumnaphakul W, Ngoen-Klan R, Vongkaluang C, Chareonviriyaphap T. A Review of Termite Species and Their Distribution in Thailand. Insects. 2022; 13(2):186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020186
Chicago/Turabian StyleLertlumnaphakul, Watthanasak, Ratchadawan Ngoen-Klan, Charunee Vongkaluang, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap. 2022. "A Review of Termite Species and Their Distribution in Thailand" Insects 13, no. 2: 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020186
APA StyleLertlumnaphakul, W., Ngoen-Klan, R., Vongkaluang, C., & Chareonviriyaphap, T. (2022). A Review of Termite Species and Their Distribution in Thailand. Insects, 13(2), 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020186