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Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia
Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. is described from a sample collected inside a dead branch in a tropical dry forest of Colombia’s Caribbean coast using molecular information and external morphological characters of the imago and soldier castes. Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. soldiers and imagoes are the smalles...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8410751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1057.65877 |
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author | Casalla, Robin Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Korb, Judith |
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description | Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. is described from a sample collected inside a dead branch in a tropical dry forest of Colombia’s Caribbean coast using molecular information and external morphological characters of the imago and soldier castes. Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. soldiers and imagoes are the smallest among all described Rugitermes species. The imago’s head capsule coloration is dark castaneous, while the pronotum is contrastingly pale yellow. Our description includes soldier characters, such as subflangular elevation and shape of the antennal sockets, that can help in identification of samples lacking imagoes. |
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spelling | pubmed-84107512021-09-17 Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia Casalla, Robin Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Korb, Judith Zookeys Research Article Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. is described from a sample collected inside a dead branch in a tropical dry forest of Colombia’s Caribbean coast using molecular information and external morphological characters of the imago and soldier castes. Rugitermesursulaesp. nov. soldiers and imagoes are the smallest among all described Rugitermes species. The imago’s head capsule coloration is dark castaneous, while the pronotum is contrastingly pale yellow. Our description includes soldier characters, such as subflangular elevation and shape of the antennal sockets, that can help in identification of samples lacking imagoes. Pensoft Publishers 2021-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8410751/ /pubmed/34539196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1057.65877 Text en Robin Casalla, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Judith Korb https://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 Casalla, Robin Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. Korb, Judith Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title | Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title_full | Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title_fullStr | Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title_full_unstemmed | Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title_short | Rugitermesursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia |
title_sort | rugitermesursulae (isoptera, kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the caribbean coast of colombia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8410751/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1057.65877 |
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