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Dentispicotermes trapezia (Isoptera: Termitidae: Amitermitinae), a new termite species from the Pantanal-Chaco Region of South America

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Dentispicotermes trapezia sp. nov. is described from the soldier and worker castes of specimens collected in Pantanal-Chaco Region of Bolivia and Paraguay. The soldiers differ from its five congeners in having a trapezoidal frontal protuberance with in-line marginal teeth. A key to Dentispicotermes soldiers is provided.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.4

Author: RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN

Institutions: University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4404085253

FWCI: 0.245

Cites: 4

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10