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A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia

Abstract. A new species of termite, Macuxitermes colombicus Postle & Scheffrahn is described from soldiers and workers collected from Departamento Magdalena, Colombia. The soldier of Macuxitermes colombicus differs from its lone congener in having no protuberances on the head capsule.

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Autores principales: Postle, Anthony C., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408525
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.7557
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description Abstract. A new species of termite, Macuxitermes colombicus Postle & Scheffrahn is described from soldiers and workers collected from Departamento Magdalena, Colombia. The soldier of Macuxitermes colombicus differs from its lone congener in having no protuberances on the head capsule.
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spelling pubmed-49267062016-07-12 A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia Postle, Anthony C. Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new species of termite, Macuxitermes colombicus Postle & Scheffrahn is described from soldiers and workers collected from Departamento Magdalena, Colombia. The soldier of Macuxitermes colombicus differs from its lone congener in having no protuberances on the head capsule. Pensoft Publishers 2016-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4926706/ /pubmed/27408525 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.7557 Text en Anthony C. Postle, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia
title_fullStr A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia
title_short A new termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae, Macuxitermes) from Colombia
title_sort new termite (isoptera, termitidae, syntermitinae, macuxitermes) from colombia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4926706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408525
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.587.7557
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