Aug. 15, 1924 
New Termites from the Canal Zone 
193 
King with abdomen slightly dis¬ 
tended but queens with abdomens 
markedly distended and a flat quadri¬ 
lateral shape. 
Described from one male (mature, 
deflated, first-form adult or king) and 
nine females (mature, deflated, first- 
form adults with distended abdomens) 
collected with soldiers and workers in 
a very large colony in a decaying, 
fallen coconut palm tree trunk on the 
ground on a slight elevation near a 
mangrove swamp on February 19, 1924, 
at Largo Remo Island, Canal Zone, by 
T. E. Snyder and J. Zetek. These re¬ 
productive forms were in a small 
(about 7 inches wide) ovoid carton 
nest on the side of the interior of the 
log (PI. 1, C and D). 
M. ( Mirotermes) panamaensis Snyder 
was described in 1923 from the soldier 
caste alone (fig. 9), the type locality 
being Barro Colorado Island, Canal 
Zone. This is the first time the sexual 
form or dealated adult has been col¬ 
lected; the winged form has not yet 
been found. The specimens are de¬ 
posited in the collection of the United 
States National Museum. 
LIST OF TERMITES OF THE CANAL 
ZONE AND NEAR-BY PANAMA 
kalotermitidae; (100) 
1. Kalotermes tabogae Snyder 
2. Kalotermes marginipennis Lat- 
reille 
3. Kalotermes panamae Snyder 
4. Neotermes holmgreni Banks 
4 5. Kalotermes ( Lobitermes ) brevicollis 
Banks 
6. Cryptoiermes dudleyi Banks ( Cryp - 
totermes thompsonae Snyder) 
7. Kalotermes (Lobitermes) longicollis 
Banks 
8. Kalotermes (Glyptotermes) angustus 
Snyder 
4 9. Kalotermes ( Glyptotermes ) emargi- 
nicollis Snyder 
4 10. Kalotermes ( Glyptotermes) barbouri 
Snyder 
rhinotermitidae: (5) 
4 11. Coptotermes niger Snyder 
4 12. Leucotermes tenuis Hagen 
13. Leucotermes convexinotatus Snyder 
14. Prorhinotermes molinoi Snyder 
15. Rhinotcrmes longidens Snyder 
termitidae: (21) 
4 16. CyUndrotermesnordcnskidldiVLolm- 
gren 
17. Amitermes medius Banks 
4 18. Amitermes beaumonti Banks 
4 19. Cornitermes acignaihus Silvestri 
20. Armitermes ( Armitermes ) armigera 
Motschulsky 
4 21. Armitermes ( Armitermes) chagresi 
Snyder 
22. Armitermes ( Rhynchotermes ) per- 
armatus Snyder 
4 23. Nasutitermes cornigeraMotschitislzy 
4 24. Nasutitermes pilifrons Holmgren 
4 25. Nasutitermes ephratae Holmgren 
4 26. Nasutitermes columbicus Holmgren 
Fig. 9.— Mirotermes ( Mirotermes ) panamaensis: 
Dorsal view of head and pronotum of soldier 
4 27. Nasutitermes ( Uniformitermes ) 
barrocoloradensis Snyder 
28. Nasutitermes ( Subulitermes ) zeleki 
Snyder 
4 29. Nasutitermes (Obtusitermes ) bi * 
formis Snyder 
30. Anoplotermes gracilis Snyder 
4 31. Anoplotermes parvus Snyder 
4 32. Entermes debilis ileer^arboreus 
Emerson 
4 33. Eutermes cxiguus Hagen 
34. Mirotermes ( Mirotermes) hispa- 
niolae Banks 
4 35. Mirotermes ( Mirotermes) pana¬ 
maensis Snyder 
4 36. Orthognathotermes wheeleri Snyder 
4 Occurring on Barro Colorado Island, C. Z., the site of the Panama laboratory of the Institute 
for Research in Tropical America; there occur here twenty specS.es and fifteen genera or subgenera. 
