subterranean termites are one of the most important pests of buildings, historic monuments and agricultural crops in some parts of iran. using entomopathogenic fungi as microbial insecticides is usually a part of biological control and insect pest management. the pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungus, metarhizium anisopliae (metschnikoff) sorokin (demi 001) isolated from rhynchophorus ferrug...

Termites play an important ecological role. The objective of this work is to evaluate the diversity termites in two different ecosystems (primary forest and horticultural forest) Partial Dalhia Fleurs Natural Reserve (DFNR) In each ecosystem, three transects were carried out using standardized rapid termite assessment method. A total 20 species sampled. primary forest, 18 sampled 16 forest. The...

Recruitment pattern in the termite, Microcerotermes fuscotibialis Sjostedt (Isoptera: Termitidae) was found to be largely influenced by the presence or absence of food. This is reflected in the quantitative recruitment that occurred after food had been detected by the scouting foragers. Results showed that this information was communicated and responded to by other confederates in the nest with...