Rhynchotermes armatus, a new mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Colombia

By

Scheffrahn, Rudolf

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

892

Pages

135--142

Subjects

endemic , Magdalena Valley , taxonomy , vicariant divergence

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.892.38743

 

Abstract

Rhynchotermes armatussp. nov. is described from soldiers and workers collected in the Magdalena River Valley of Colombia. Both castes of this new termite are superficially similar to R. perarmatus (Snyder) but the former are smaller, head capsules yellowish instead of reddish, and among additional characters, the soldier has narrower mandibles and marginal teeth.