Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America

We present the description of a new genus and species of soldierless termites from South America. Rustitermes boteroi Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn, gen. et sp. nov. can be identified by the morphology of the enteric valve, with six slightly asymmetric cushions, each one forming a central pou...

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Autores principales: Castro, Daniel, Constantini, Joice P., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Carrijo, Tiago F., Cancello, Eliana M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32256155
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347
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author Castro, Daniel
Constantini, Joice P.
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
Carrijo, Tiago F.
Cancello, Eliana M.
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Constantini, Joice P.
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
Carrijo, Tiago F.
Cancello, Eliana M.
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description We present the description of a new genus and species of soldierless termites from South America. Rustitermes boteroi Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn, gen. et sp. nov. 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.
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spelling pubmed-71133262020-04-06 Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America Castro, Daniel Constantini, Joice P. Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Carrijo, Tiago F. Cancello, Eliana M. Zookeys Research Article We present the description of a new genus and species of soldierless termites from South America. Rustitermes boteroi Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn, gen. et sp. nov. 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. Pensoft Publishers 2020-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7113326/ /pubmed/32256155 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347 Text en Daniel Castro, Joice P. Constantini, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Tiago F. Carrijo, Eliana M. Cancello 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.
spellingShingle Research Article
Castro, Daniel
Constantini, Joice P.
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.
Carrijo, Tiago F.
Cancello, Eliana M.
Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title_full Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title_fullStr Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title_full_unstemmed Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title_short Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America
title_sort rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (blattodea, isoptera, apicotermitinae) from south america
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7113326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32256155
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347
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