Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

University of Florida

H-index: 52

North America-United States

About Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, With an exceptional h-index of 52 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Florida, specializes in the field of termites.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

First record of the invasive Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, from Egypt

Two new Incisitermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) species from the Caribbean Basin, genetic relationships with other regional Incisitermes, and synonymy of Incisitermes tabogae …

Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a new Afrotropical termite species into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

From establishment to dominance: spatio-temporal infestation patterns of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, in Key West, Florida, 1999–2021

Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of Canada, continental USA, and Mexico: an identification key to families and genera, checklist of species, and new records for Mexico

New Parabasalia symbionts Snyderella spp. and Daimonympha gen. nov. from South American Rugitermes termites and the parallel evolution of a cell with a …

 Chasitermespax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad

Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn Information

University

Position

Professor of Entomology

Citations(all)

9747

Citations(since 2020)

2752

Cited By

7792

hIndex(all)

52

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

199

i10Index(since 2020)

78

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University of Florida

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Rudolf H. Scheffrahn Skills & Research Interests

termites

Top articles of Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

First record of the invasive Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, from Egypt

Bulletin of Insectology

Heba BARAKAT

Rudolf H SCHEFFRAHN

E El Gohary

Brian W BAHDER

Dalia M MAHMOUD

...

2024/6

Two new Incisitermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) species from the Caribbean Basin, genetic relationships with other regional Incisitermes, and synonymy of Incisitermes tabogae …

Zootaxa

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

James W. Austin

Allen L. Szalanski

2024

Mitochondrial phylogenetics position a new Afrotropical termite species into its own subfamily, the Engelitermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Systematic Entomology

Johanna Romero Arias

Simon Hellemans

Esra Kaymak

Pierre D Akama

Thomas Bourguignon

...

2024/1

From establishment to dominance: spatio-temporal infestation patterns of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, in Key West, Florida, 1999–2021

Biological Invasions

Hartwig H Hochmair

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Mark J Weinberg

Francesco Tonini

2023/10

Termites (Blattodea: Isoptera) of Canada, continental USA, and Mexico: an identification key to families and genera, checklist of species, and new records for Mexico

Acta zoológica mexicana

Manuel de Luna

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Roberto García-Barrios

Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez

2023

New Parabasalia symbionts Snyderella spp. and Daimonympha gen. nov. from South American Rugitermes termites and the parallel evolution of a cell with a …

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Elisabeth Hehenberger

Vittorio Boscaro

Erick R James

Yoshihisa Hirakawa

Morelia Trznadel

...

2023/9

 Chasitermespax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad

ZooKeys

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Tiago F Carrijo

2023

Neoisoptera repeatedly colonised Madagascar after the Middle Miocene climatic optimum

Ecography

Menglin Wang

Simon Hellemans

Aleš Buček

Taisuke Kanao

Jigyasa Arora

...

2023/7

More Questions to Answer

Nan-Yao Su

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Thomas Chouvenc

Thomas Chouvenc

Thomas Chouvenc

...

2023/12/27

 Cryptotermespugnus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Brazilian Caatinga dry forest and key to South American Cryptotermes Banks, 1909

ZooKeys

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Alexandre Vasconcellos

2023

2 Biogeography of Coptotermes

Biology and Management of the Formosan Subterranean Termite and Related Species

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

2023/12/22

 Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

ZooKeys

Tiago F Carrijo

Daniel Castro

Menglin Wang

Joice P Constantini

Thomas Bourguignon

...

2023

Revised systematic position of Nasutitermes brevipilus Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) and the designation of Hyleotermes gen. nov.

Adriana Carolina Cuezzo

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Reginaldo Constantino

2022

Using ultraconserved elements to reconstruct the termite tree of life

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

Simon Hellemans

Menglin Wang

Nonno Hasegawa

Jan Šobotník

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

...

2022/8/1

Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera)

Scientific Reports

Yves Basset

Mehrdad Hajibabaei

Michael TG Wright

Anakena M Castillo

David A Donoso

...

2022/6/24

Evolutionary history of Nasutitermes kemneri (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae), a termite from the South American diagonal of open formations

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Karolina S Kohari

Valeria Palma-Onetto

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Alexandre Vasconcellos

Eliana M Cancello

...

2022/12/22

Termite Species Distribution in Florida and UF Termite Identification Services: ENY-2079/IN1360, 05/2022

EDIS

Thomas Chouvenc

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

Lyle Buss

2022/5/17

Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana

Zootaxa

Rudolf H Scheffrahn

2022/12/14

Molecular phylogeny reveals the past transoceanic voyages of drywood termites (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Aleš Buček

Menglin Wang

Jan Šobotník

Simon Hellemans

David Sillam-Dussès

...

2022/5/1

Nitrogen inventories and nitrogenase expression rates of a drywood and a subterranean termite

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Aaron Mullins

Rudolf Scheffrahn

Nan-Yao Su

2022/9/1

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