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Issue: Vol. 2387 No. 1: 3 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2387.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 21

An extraordinary new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae: Rhynchotermes) from the pasturelands of northern Colombia

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314 USA
Isoptera Termitidae Syntermitinae Neotropical Colombia Caribbean Basin cattle pastures new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of mandibulate nasute termite, Rhynchotermes bulbinasus Scheffrahn sp. nov. is described from dimorphic soldiers and monomorphic workers discovered in the Caribbean plains of northern Colombia. The new species differs from all other New World Syntermitinae and Nasutitermitinae, in having a nasus with its distal diameter greater than its median diameter. Literature on the genus Rhynchotermes Holmgren is reviewed and field observations of R. bulbinasus are given.

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