Table 4 Farmers’ classification of termites in the function of the type of mounds and termite pest species identified by farmers (n = 94)
Types of nest | Vernacular name (sociolinguistic group) | Scientific name | Percentage of responses |
|---|---|---|---|
Big termite mounds | Touap-tikanda (Biali), Toukouéma (Waama), Gangaré (Peulh), Ditouré (M’bermin), Atoubi (M’bermin), Tounidé (Waama), Dikpéri (Ditamari) | Macrotermes subhyalinus (Rambur, 1842) | 24.24 |
Toubanga (Bariba), Ditour (Ditamari), | Macrotermes bellicosus (Smeathman, 1781) | 12.69 | |
Small termite mounds | Touapiyotouhinsi (Biali), Toubarma (Waama), Mohibodédji (Peulh), Dikoutor (Ditamari) | Trinervitermes oeconomus (Trägårdh) | 15.38 |
Dikoutori (M’bermin), Toumégan (Waama) | Trinervitermes togoensis (Sjöstedt) | 6.92 | |
Toukourokou or Gotourou (Bariba) | Trinervitermes trinervius (Rambur) | 9.23 | |
Itoubouo (Ditamari) | Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) | 0.38 | |
Mambotoumien (Ditamari) | Microcerotermes sp. | 3.46 | |
Wood, straw roof, plant debris, dead leaves | Touapopoué (Biali), Mohidamédji (Peulh), Toukouba (Bariba), Mankotobi (Ditamari), Ntoubomin (M’bermin), Dibi (Ditamari) | Amitermes evuncifer (Silvestri) | 24.24 |
Nsomin (M’bermin) | Microtermes sp. | 2.69 | |
Cap-shaped termite mounds | Kouba (Bariba) | Cubitermes fungifaber (Sjöstedt) | 0.77 |