Dao Aïchatou Nadia Christelle, Sankara Fernand, Ndiaye Mouhamadou Moustapha, Ndiaye Abdoulaye Baïla, Pousga Salimata, Somda Irénée, Kenis Marc
Institut du Développement Rural (IDR), Université Nazi Boni (UNB), Bobo-Dioulasso 01 BP 1091, Burkina Faso.
Laboratoire de Zoologie des Invertébrés Terrestres, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop (IFAN-Ch. A. Diop), Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar BP 206, Senegal.
Insects. 2025 Jun 30;16(7):687. doi: 10.3390/insects16070687.
The aim of the study was to assess the diversity of termites used in poultry feed in Burkina Faso. Termite samples were collected in eight of the thirteen regions of the country by poultry farmers, then conserved in 70° alcohol. The criteria used by poultry farmers for identifying the termite were also characterised and discussed with farmers in a village where the use of termites as poultry feed is well developed. Morphological identifications were carried out in the laboratory. Twenty species were identified in two families, six subfamilies, and thirteen genera. In the Heterotermitidae family, a single species belonging to the Coptotermitinae subfamily was identified. The rest belonged to the family Termitidae and the subfamilies Amitermitinae, Microcerotermitinae, Macrotermitinae, Nasutitermitinae, and Cubitermitinae. Three species, , , and , were found for the first time in Burkina Faso. The largest number of species (eleven) was collected in the Cascades region. Poultry farmers are able to recognise eight genera of termites by the shape, size, and colour of the termites; by the termite mounds; and often by the location of the nest. These results may facilitate the promotion of the use of termites as poultry feed in Burkina Faso and West Africa.
本研究的目的是评估布基纳法索用于家禽饲料的白蚁的多样性。家禽养殖户在该国13个地区中的8个地区采集了白蚁样本，然后保存在70度酒精中。还对家禽养殖户识别白蚁所使用的标准进行了特征描述，并在一个白蚁作为家禽饲料使用较为普遍的村庄与养殖户进行了讨论。在实验室进行了形态学鉴定。在两个科、六个亚科和十三个属中鉴定出了20个物种。在异白蚁科中，鉴定出了一个属于原白蚁亚科的单一物种。其余的属于白蚁科以及艾氏白蚁亚科、微角白蚁亚科、大白蚁亚科、鼻白蚁亚科和立方白蚁亚科。三种白蚁，即[此处原文缺失具体物种名]、[此处原文缺失具体物种名]和[此处原文缺失具体物种名]，在布基纳法索首次被发现。在瀑布地区采集到的物种数量最多（11种）。家禽养殖户能够通过白蚁的形状、大小和颜色；白蚁丘；以及通常通过巢穴的位置来识别八个属的白蚁。这些结果可能有助于在布基纳法索和西非推广将白蚁用作家禽饲料。
