丰氏凯氏白蚁，一种来自法属圭亚那的新鼻白蚁（等翅目：白蚁科：鼻白蚁亚科）。

Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana.

作者信息

Scheffrahn Rudolf H

机构信息

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida, 33314, USA.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2022 Dec 14;5219(6):593-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.6.6.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5219.6.6

PMID:37044547

Abstract

Caetetermes fontesi sp. nov. is described from soldiers, workers, and winged imagos collected in French Guiana. Soldiers of C. fontesi are distinguished from Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes 1981, until now a monotypic genus, by their larger size, deeper coloration, and shorter and thicker nasus. The imago of C. fontesi is larger and the enteric valve of the dimorphic C. fontesi workers have larger cushions with more and longer spines than C. taquarussu. Worker dimorphism for Neotropical nasutitermitinae is discussed.

摘要

新物种丰氏凯氏白蚁（Caetetermes fontesi sp. nov.）是根据在法属圭亚那采集的兵蚁、工蚁和有翅成虫描述的。丰氏凯氏白蚁的兵蚁与直到现在还是单型属的塔夸鲁苏凯氏白蚁（Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes 1981）不同，其体型更大、颜色更深，鼻更短更粗。丰氏凯氏白蚁的成虫体型更大，且在二型性的丰氏凯氏白蚁工蚁中，其肠瓣的垫子比塔夸鲁苏凯氏白蚁的更大，刺更多更长。本文讨论了新热带鼻白蚁亚科的工蚁二型性。