Tauritermes bandeirai: A new drywood termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Rudolf H Scheffrahn; Alexandre Vasconcellos

doi:10.3897/zookeys.954.52335

Tauritermes bandeirai: A new drywood termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Zookeys. 2020 Jul 29:954:75-84. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.954.52335. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Rudolf H Scheffrahn¹, Alexandre Vasconcellos²

Affiliations

¹ Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 3205 College Avenue Davie, Florida 33314, USA University of Florida Florida United States of America.
² Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório de Termitologia, CEP: 58051-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil Universidade Federal da Paraíba Paraíba Brazil.

Abstract

The imago and soldier castes of a new Tauritermes Krishna, 1961 species, Tauritermes bandeirai sp. nov. are described. It is the fourth species of Tauritermes and occurs from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Unlike its congeners, the soldier of T. bandeirai has prominent frontal horns.

Keywords: Imago; South America; new species; soldier.

Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Alexandre Vasconcellos.