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Issue: Vol. 4531 No. 3: 13 Dec. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.4
Page range: 383–394
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Tonsuritermes, a new soldierless termite genus and two new species from South America (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42.494, 04218–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42.494, 04218–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus 03, Jardim Antares, 09606-070, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcký 129, 165 21 Praha 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic, EU Laboratory of Experimental and Comparative Ethology, University Paris 13, EA4443 Sorbonne Paris Cité, Villetaneuse, France
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314, USA
Innovative Pest Management, 12240 Indian Creek Ct. #140, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcký 129, 165 21 Praha 6 Suchdol, Czech Republic, EU
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Cx. Postal 42.494, 04218–970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Isoptera Frontal gland Neotropics fontanelle histology Apicotermitinae

Abstract

A new genus, Tonsuritermes Cancello & Constantini gen. nov., is described from South America. The main morphological features of the new genus are a remarkable frontal gland and protibia with two rows of spine-like bristles. Two new species of Tonsuritermes are described: T. tucki Cancello & Constantini sp. nov. and T. mathewsi Cancello & Constantini sp. nov. Comparisons, measurements, a map, histology of the frontal gland, and illustration of all fundamental morphological aspects are provided.

 

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