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Issue: Vol. 2670 No. 1: 8 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2670.1.3
Page range: 52–58
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 4

A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314 USA
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, California 90089 USA
Isoptera Termitidae Termitinae Proboscitermes mcgrewi Ethiopian Region Tanzania Lake Tanganyika new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of termite, Proboscitermes mcgrewi Scheffrahn, is described from soldiers, workers, and a physogastric queen collected along the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The new species differs from all other mandibulate termite soldiers in having a relatively large proportion of head capsule volume anterior to the mandibular articulations.

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