Termitotrox venus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new blind, flightless termitophilous scarab from Cambodia

By

Kakizoe, Showtaro
Maruyama, Munetoshi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

513

Pages

13-21

Subjects

Indo-Chinese subregion , Isoptera , Macrotermes , Macrotermitinae , mouthparts , new species , Termitidae , termitophily , Termitotroginae , Termitotrogini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.513.9958

 

Abstract

Termitotrox venus sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the second discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Indomalayan region. Most of the type series was collected from refuse dumps in fungus garden cells of Macrotermes cf. gilvus (Hagen, 1858). Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The new species is easily distinguished from all known congeners by having wing-shaped trichomes on the elytra and the larger body size, at 2.5 mm in length. We also describe the mouthparts to complement the description of the genus Termitotrox.