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Psyche 
[March-June 
KALOTERMES MILLERI, A NEW SPECIES OF 
TERMITE FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS AND 
JAMAICA (ISOPTERA, KALOTERMITID^E) 1 
By Alfred E. Emerson 
Hull Zoological Laboratory, University of Chicago 
The number of undescribed species of termites to be found 
within the borders of the United States is probably quite small. 
During trips to Florida (1941) and to the southwestern states 
(1937, 1941) extensive collections of termites were made en- 
abling me to make new associations of reproductive castes with 
soldiers in several instances, to gather sufficient population 
samples to indicate that several named forms are only variants 
and should not be classified as distinct species, and to extend 
and clarify the ranges of distribution of many species. After a 
more thorough study of these collections, I plan to publish a 
revision of the termites of the United States. As such a study 
may take several years to complete, it seems best to add the 
following species to the fauna without delay. 
This new species of Kalotermes is the smallest member of 
the genus (s. str.) in the United States. The fact that it is found 
both in the Florida Keys and in Jamaica is not surprising as 
there are a number of Neotropical species of termites which 
reach the southern tip of Florida but do not extend north of the 
tropical area. In time it may be expected that this species will 
be found in Cuba and possibly other West Indian islands. 
Kalotermes milleri, new species 
Imago (figs. 1 and 2). 
Head, pronotum and abdominal tergites dark shining brown; 
labrum yellow; sternites a little lighter than the tergites; 
femora, tibiae and tarsi light yellowish; costal margin of wing 
and radial veins brown, wing membrane hyaline. 
^^The present investigation was aided by a grant from the Dr. Wallace C. 
and Clara A. Abbott Memorial Fund of the University of Chicago. 
