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AZEVEDO,Renato Almeida de; DAMBROS,Cristian de Sales; MORAIS,José Wellington de. |
ABSTRACT Dihoplotermes, a previously monotypic genus, is now composed of two species. Dihoplotermes taurus sp. nov., a new Termitinae termite species, is illustrated and described based on morphological characters from soldiers, workers, and imago. The new species is distinguished from Dihoplotermes inusitatus Araujo by having a spine-like protuberance with blunt apex on the postmentum, the presence of a spine on the gizzard and the absence of dimorphic soldiers. Furthermore, the internal morphological characteristics of a Dihoplotermes worker are described for the first time. Both internal and external morphological characters were used to improve the characterization of the species. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Gizzard; Soil fauna; Taxonomy; Termite; Termitinae. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672019000100017 |
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