Caputitermes, a new genus of soldierless termite (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae) with dimorphic workers from the Amazon rainforest

Caputitermes, a new genus of soldierless termite (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae) with dimorphic workers from the Amazon rainforest

ABSTRACT Soldierless termites (Blattodea: Isoptera: Apicotermitinae) are a small and taxonomically poorly known group, especially in the Neotropical region. In this paper we describe a new monotypic genus Caputitermes gen. nov. with a straight mesenteron-P1 junction, and absence of mixed segment. Th...

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Main Authors: Rayssa ALMEIDA-AZEVEDO, Agno Nonato Serrão ACIOLI, José Wellington de MORAIS, Renato Almeida de AZEVEDO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2023-10-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
taxonomy
worker gut
enteric valve
Apicotermitinae
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672023000300201&lng=en&tlng=en

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