Cargando…

Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia

The soldier of Rugitermes aridussp. nov. is described from a xeric, termite-depauperate region of central Peru. Rugitermes rufussp. nov. and R. volcanensissp. nov. are described from soldiers and dealated imagos collected in a mesic forest of Amboró National Park in western Bolivia. The imago of R....

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Carrijo, Tiago F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7728727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354133
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.59219
Descripción
Sumario:The soldier of Rugitermes aridussp. nov. is described from a xeric, termite-depauperate region of central Peru. Rugitermes rufussp. nov. and R. volcanensissp. nov. are described from soldiers and dealated imagos collected in a mesic forest of Amboró National Park in western Bolivia. The imago of R. rufus is unique among all described Rugitermes species in that the head capsule is reddish orange and the pronotum is brown. The imago head and pronotum are both brown in R. volcanensis. A phylogenetic and GMYC barcode analyses were performed with the COI gene. These analyses confirmed the three new species and revealed a high undescribed diversity of Rugitermes in the New World.