Echinotermes biriba, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

By

Castro Torres, Daniel
Scheffrahn, Rudolf
Carrijo, Tiago Fernandes

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

748

Pages

21-30

Subjects

Anoplotermes-group , enteric valve , Neotropic , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.748.24253

 

Abstract

A new Apicotermitinae genus and speciesEchinotermesbiribais described from workers collected on the Andean-Amazon Piedmont in Colombia and Peru. The enteric valve armature ofEchinotermesbiribaCastro & Scheffrahn,gen. et sp. n.is a remarkably diagnostic character. A Bayesian phylogenetic analysis using the COI gene and including all other Neotropical Apicotermitinae genera, supports the new genus as a distinct terminal.