An interesting case of polystyrene consumption by Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea: Neoisoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

IF 0.5 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY
E. Rolli
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Abstract

A colony of Reticulitermes lucifugus from Apulia (SE Italian Peninsula) was recently observed to have partially consumed some polystyrene panels applied on a wall, and used like seat for termite nest. Further observations could allow to better understand if this colony is just able to physically consume and chew this plastic material, releasing it chemically intact after the passage throughout the termites’ digestive system, or if their microbiome could allow the insects to at least partially metabolize and degrade the ingested polystyrene fragments, as recently observed in a few other insects.
白蚁消耗聚苯乙烯的一个有趣案例(白蚁总目:新等翅目,鼻白蚁科)
来自意大利半岛东南部阿普利亚(Apulia)的一群白蚁(Reticulitermes lucifugus)最近被观察到部分消耗了一些贴在墙上的聚苯乙烯板,这些聚苯乙烯板被用作白蚁巢的座位。进一步的观察可以让我们更好地了解这个菌落是否能够在物理上消耗和咀嚼这种塑料材料,在通过白蚁的消化系统后释放出化学上完整的塑料材料,或者它们的微生物群是否可以让昆虫至少部分地代谢和降解摄入的聚苯乙烯碎片,就像最近在其他一些昆虫中观察到的那样。
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1.30
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10.00%
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审稿时长
10 weeks
期刊介绍: Fragmenta entomologica is devoted to publishing high quality papers dealing with Arthropod biodiversity. It publishes research articles, short scientific notes, reviews articles, comments and editorials. The core scope of the journal includes Taxonomy, Systematics, Molecular phylogeny, Morphology, Paleontology, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Evolutionary biology, Conservation biology, Ecology, Ethology and Applied Entomology, and embraces all terrestrial, freshwater and brackish water Arthropods. Merely faunistic papers might be considered for publication only in the following cases: papers including relevant and significant new data emphasizing the conservation priority of rare, protected or endangered arthropods and their habitats; papers concerning with important newly introduced pest species; papers concerning with very poorly known geographic areas from scarcely investigated countries.
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