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      Cupins de duas florestas de restinga do nordeste brasileiro Translated title: Termites from two restinga forests of Northeastern Brazil

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          A estrutura da comunidade de cupins foi avaliada em duas florestas de restinga localizadas nos municípios de Mataraca e Cabedelo, Estado da Paraíba. Um protocolo padronizado de amostragem foi aplicado em cada área. Vinte e cinco espécies foram encontradas, sendo 19 em Mataraca e 15 em Cabedelo, com 9 espécies comuns às duas localidades. As espécies de Nasutitermitinae e as do grupo dos comedores de madeira foram dominantes em ambas as áreas. A baixa riqueza de espécies, em comparação com outros ecossistemas do Nordeste, e a baixa freqüência de encontros de humívoros e da subfamília Apicotermitinae podem estar relacionadas com as propriedades do solo das restingas. As espécies construtoras de ninhos conspícuos (todos arborícolas) foram Armitermes holmgreni Snyder, 1926, Microcerotermes exiguus (Hagen, 1858), M. strunckii (Sörensen, 1884), Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky, 1855), N. ephratae (Holmgren, 1910), e N. macrocephalus (Silvestri, 1903). A fauna mostrou-se composta por espécies características de outras formações vegetais, principalmente Mata Atlântica e Cerrado, neste caso estando de acordo com o padrão geral de distribuição estabelecido pelas comunidades vegetais e pela fauna de vertebrados estudados em outras restingas brasileiras.

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          The structure of termite communities was evaluated at two restinga forests (a characteristic type of vegetation occurring on nutrient-poor sandy soils along the Brazilian coastline), located in the municipalities of Mataraca and Cabedelo, State of Paraíba. A standardised sampling protocol was used in both sites. Twenty-five species were found, 19 of them at Mataraca and 15 at Cabedelo, with just 9 species in common to both sites. Species of Nasutitermitinae and wood-feeding groups were dominant at both study sites. The low species richness and frequency of humus-feeders species, and species of the subfamily Apicotermitinae as well, seem to be related to the restinga soil properties. The conspicuous nest (all arboreal) builders were Armitermes holmgreni Snyder, 1926, Microcerotermes exiguus (Hagen, 1858), M. strunckii (Sörensen, 1884), Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky, 1855), N. ephratae (Holmgren, 1910), and N. macrocephalus (Silvestri, 1903). The termite fauna of the studied restinga was composed by typical species of other Brazilian ecosystems, such as Atlantic forest and Cerrado, being in agreement with the general pattern of distribution set up by the plant communities and the fauna of vertebrates described elsewhere for other Brazilian restingas.

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                Iheringia. Série Zoologia
                Iheringia, Sér. Zool.
                Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre )
                1678-4766
                June 2005
                : 95
                : 2
                : 127-131
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal da Paraíba Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Brasil
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                S0073-47212005000200003
                10.1590/S0073-47212005000200003
                664a118f-8b50-402f-960e-70944e1ed31f

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                ZOOLOGY

                Animal science & Zoology
                Isoptera,biodiversity,geographical distribution,feeding groups,nests,biodiversidade,distribuição geográfica,grupos alimentares,ninhos

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