Genetic variation of the drywood termite Incisitermes schwarzi (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Monday, November 17, 2014: 10:36 AM
B110-112 (Oregon Convention Center)
Mark Janowiecki , Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Allen L. Szalanski , Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Rudolph H. Scheffrahn , University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
James W. Austin , BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
Incisitermes schwarzi (Banks) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) is a drywood termite found from extreme southern Florida to South America. Seventeen samples were collected from Florida, Barbados, Belize, Columbia, Panama, Jamaica, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago, Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. Both 16S and COII mitochondrial DNA segments were amplified and sequenced. Genetic variation ranged from 0.3 to 9.1% for 16S, and 0.6 to 10.0% for COII. Molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted using both maximum parsimony and Bayesian methods to determine relationships among the DNA sequences.
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