Tucupitermes Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & Azevedo 2025, gen. nov.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Tucupitermes Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & Azevedo gen. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C241F985-DA5D-4CEE-95AD-2AA0A38FAD47 (Figs 1A–E, 2A–K) Type species: Tucupitermes ubixaba Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & Azevedo sp. nov. (Figs 1A–E, 2A–K) Etymology: From the Tupi-Guarani “ Tiku’pir ”, which means “yellow juice extracted from the root of the wild cassava when peeled, grated and squeezed”, in reference to the color of the worker. Description Imago. Unknown. Genus Diagnosis. Left mandible with a cutting-edge length twice as long as the distance between the apical tooth and M1+2 (Fig. 1E). Stomodeal valve long, twice as long as the length of the crop. Malpighian ampullae developed and visible in right lateral and ventral views (Fig. 2B, C, F). Mesenteric tongue is long and slightly globular, reaching midline of abdomen (Fig. 2F). Connection between P1 and P3 not visible in any view in situ, with small bilobed seating (Fig. 2H, I). Genus Description Worker. (Fig. 1A–F). Head capsule dark yellow with darker longitudinal muscles converging towards vertex (Fig. 1A). Worker with a whitish, convex fontanelle, resembling a drop (Fig. 1C, D). Head capsule with few bristles of varying sizes distributed throughout the head, except in the posterior region. Postclypeus small, slightly inflated and with few bristles of the same size as bristles of head capsule (Fig. 1D). Labrum convex, longer than the postclypeus+clypeus, with bristles thicker than the bristles of head capsule (Fig. 1C, D). Antenna with 13 antennomeres, with antennomere I <II, III
Authors: Almeida-Azevedo, Rayssa, Acioli, Agno Nonato Serrão, Heleodoro, Raphael, Morais, José Wellington De, Brown, George Gardner, Kille, Peter, Cunha, Luis, Azevedo, Renato Almeida De
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6911936528
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