A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil

Acangaobitermes krishnai gen. et sp. n., is described here, based on soldiers and workers collected in Brazil. Some characteristics suggest a close kinship with Noirotitermes Cancello & Myles, and both genera share the following traits absent in all other Syntermitinae: the microsculpturing on t...

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Main Authors:	Rocha, Mauricio M., Cancello, Eliana M., Cuezzo, Carolina
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Pensoft Publishers 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264409/

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spelling	pubmed-32644092012-01-27 A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil Rocha, Mauricio M. Cancello, Eliana M. Cuezzo, Carolina Article Acangaobitermes krishnai gen. et sp. n., is described here, based on soldiers and workers collected in Brazil. Some characteristics suggest a close kinship with Noirotitermes Cancello & Myles, and both genera share the following traits absent in all other Syntermitinae: the microsculpturing on the soldier head capsule surface with internal granulations; the piercing mandibles with a single very reduced marginal tooth and the worker very similar in both genera. The most conspicuous differences between Acangaobitermes and Noirotitermes are the shape of the soldier head, the frontal tube and pronotum. The shape of the soldier head in Noirotitermes is unusual, with a very broad and short frontal tube, four conspicuous protuberances like sharp corners at the rear, while in the new genus the posterior contour of the head is devoid of these protuberances. The frontal tube of Acangaobitermes is elongate and conical, while in Noirotitermes it is short and very broad. The pronotum of Acangaobitermes is saddle-shaped as is usual in other Syntermitinae, while it is aberrant in Noirotitermes. Pensoft Publishers 2011-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3264409/ /pubmed/22287893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1278 Text en Mauricio M. Rocha, Eliana M. Cancello, Carolina Cuezzo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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author	Rocha, Mauricio M. Cancello, Eliana M. Cuezzo, Carolina
spellingShingle	Rocha, Mauricio M. Cancello, Eliana M. Cuezzo, Carolina A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
author_facet	Rocha, Mauricio M. Cancello, Eliana M. Cuezzo, Carolina
author_sort	Rocha, Mauricio M.
title	A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
title_short	A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
title_full	A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
title_fullStr	A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
title_full_unstemmed	A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil
title_sort	new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (isoptera, termitidae, syntermitinae) from brazil
description	Acangaobitermes krishnai gen. et sp. n., is described here, based on soldiers and workers collected in Brazil. Some characteristics suggest a close kinship with Noirotitermes Cancello & Myles, and both genera share the following traits absent in all other Syntermitinae: the microsculpturing on the soldier head capsule surface with internal granulations; the piercing mandibles with a single very reduced marginal tooth and the worker very similar in both genera. The most conspicuous differences between Acangaobitermes and Noirotitermes are the shape of the soldier head, the frontal tube and pronotum. The shape of the soldier head in Noirotitermes is unusual, with a very broad and short frontal tube, four conspicuous protuberances like sharp corners at the rear, while in the new genus the posterior contour of the head is devoid of these protuberances. The frontal tube of Acangaobitermes is elongate and conical, while in Noirotitermes it is short and very broad. The pronotum of Acangaobitermes is saddle-shaped as is usual in other Syntermitinae, while it is aberrant in Noirotitermes.
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2011
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3264409/
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A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil

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