Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: New Termitinae

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1988

By

Emerson, Alfred Edwards, 1896-1976

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y American Museum of Natural History [1960]

Notes

Title from caption.

"March 1, 1960."

"Third in a series of taxonomic papers that deals with the termites of the Belgian Congo collected during a three-month expedition in 1948."

"Six new genera based on new species from the Belgian Congo are described and illustrated. The phylogenetic position of each genus is discussed. Nitiditermes, new genus, contains only the type species, N. berghei, new species, described from the imago, soldier, and worker castes. Mucrotermes, new genus, contains the type species, M. osborni, new species, described from the soldier and worker castes, and also includes M. heterochilus (Silvestri), new combination, originally placed in the genus Procubitermes, and described by Silvestri from the soldier and worker castes collected in Dahomey. Furculitermes, new genus, contains the type species, F. winifredae, new species, described from the imago, soldier, and worker castes, and seven additional species. Furculitermes hendrickxi, new species, is described from the soldier caste; F. brevilabius, new species, is described from the imago and soldier castes; F. cubitalis, new species, is described from the soldier caste; F. soyeri, new species, is described from the soldier caste; F. parviceps, new species, is described from the soldier caste; F. longilabius, new species, is described from the soldier caste; and F. brevimalatus, new species, is described from the soldier caste. Pilotermes, new genus, contains only the type species, P. langi, new species, described from the imago and soldier castes. Profastigitermes, new genus, contains only the type species, P. putnami, new species, described from the soldier caste. Forficulitermes, new genus, contains only the type species, F. planifrons, new species, described from the soldier and worker castes. An imago described by SjoМ€stedt (1911) under the name 'Eutermes jucundus' and later placed in the genus Fastigitermes, is separated from the soldier and worker castes and transferred to Anoplotermes sp. Two species based on the soldier castes were described by Williams (1954) under the names 'Procubitermes goliathi' and 'Procubitermes planifacies.' These are now transferred to Lepidotermes goliathi (Williams), new combination, and Lepidotermes planifacies (Williams), new combination. The genus Procubitermes Silvestri is restricted to five described species, the type species, P. arboricola (SjoМ€stedt), and four additional species, P. sjoМ€stedti (von Rosen), P. ueleensis SjoМ€stedt, P. niapuensis Emerson, and P. undulans Schmitz"--P. 47-48.

Subjects

59.57,32T(67.5) , Classification , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Insects , Phylogeny , Termites

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1988, 1960

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31837996