Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia

By

Scheffrahn, Rudolf
Pinzon-Florian, Olga Patricia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

963

Pages

37--44

Subjects

frontolateral ridges , imago , new species , soldier , South America , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.963.55843

 

Abstract

The imago and soldier castes of a new Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911 species, R. tintosp. nov. are described. It is the ninth species of Rugitermes from South America and the first record of this genus from Colombia. Unlike its congeners, the soldier of R. tinto has very dark head capsule pigmentation and acute protuberances projecting from frontolateral ridges.