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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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Autores principales: Casalla, Robin, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Korb, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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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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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.
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Casalla, Robin
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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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