, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America.
Daniel Castro, Joice P Constantini, Rudolf H Scheffrahn, Tiago F Carrijo, Eliana M Cancello
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Daniel Castro: Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI, Avenida Vásquez Cobo Calles 15 y 16, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI Leticia Colombia. ORCID
Joice P Constantini: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42.391, 04218-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil.
Rudolf H Scheffrahn: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314, USA University of Florida Davie United States of America.
Tiago F Carrijo: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus 03, Jardim Antares, 09606-070, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil Universidade Federal do ABC São Bernardo do Campo Brazil. ORCID
Eliana M Cancello: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42.391, 04218-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil. ORCID
We present the description of a new genus and species of soldierless termites from South America. Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn, can be identified by the morphology of the enteric valve, with six slightly asymmetric cushions, each one forming a central pouch made of scales smaller than those between the cushions. The new genus features two characteristic rows of thick bristles on the interior margin of the fore tibia, and is supported by COI molecular sequence data. This species is distributed from Tobago to northern Argentina.
