African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Abstract. We redescribe the winged imagos and soldiers of two equatorial African species, Neotermes aburiensis Sjöstedt and N. agilis (Sjöstedt) and describe their unique character attributes. The imago of N. aburiensis is adorned with unique spatulate-pointed setae. The soldier of N. aburiensis is...

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Autores principales: Onagbola, Ebenezer O., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.683.13064
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description Abstract. We redescribe the winged imagos and soldiers of two equatorial African species, Neotermes aburiensis Sjöstedt and N. agilis (Sjöstedt) and describe their unique character attributes. The imago of N. aburiensis is adorned with unique spatulate-pointed setae. The soldier of N. aburiensis is unique among Neotermes in possessing a phragmotic forehead. The imago of N. agilis is small and unique among Neotermes in having complete coalescence of radial sector and median veins in the forewing while the soldier of N. agilis has a broad pronotum.
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spelling pubmed-55233542017-08-02 African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) Onagbola, Ebenezer O. Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. We redescribe the winged imagos and soldiers of two equatorial African species, Neotermes aburiensis Sjöstedt and N. agilis (Sjöstedt) and describe their unique character attributes. The imago of N. aburiensis is adorned with unique spatulate-pointed setae. The soldier of N. aburiensis is unique among Neotermes in possessing a phragmotic forehead. The imago of N. agilis is small and unique among Neotermes in having complete coalescence of radial sector and median veins in the forewing while the soldier of N. agilis has a broad pronotum. Pensoft Publishers 2017-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5523354/ /pubmed/28769727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.683.13064 Text en Ebenezer O. Onagbola, 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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Onagbola, Ebenezer O.
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title_full African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title_fullStr African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title_full_unstemmed African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title_short African Neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of N. aburiensis and N. agilis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)
title_sort african neotermes: redescriptions of imago and soldier castes of n. aburiensis and n. agilis (isoptera, kalotermitidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28769727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.683.13064
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