Transfer of two species from Nasutitermes Dudley to Cortaritermes Mathews (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

Autor(es)

Cuezzo, Carolina ^[1] ; Carrijo, Tiago F. ^[1] ; Cancello, Eliana M. ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, BR-04218970 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY; v. 54, n. 2, p. 172-179, MAY 2015.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

Soldiers and workers of the Neotropical nasute genus Cortaritermes are easily differentiated from other nasutitermitine genera by the first proctodeal segment of the coiling gut in situ forming a distinct loop visible throughout the abdominal wall on the right side of the abdomen. The study proposes to transfer two species currently in Nasutitermes to Cortaritermes, raising the total number of Cortaritermes species to five: C. silvestrii (Holmgren, 1910) (type species), C. fulviceps (Silvestri, 1901), C. rizzinii (Araujo, 1971), C. intermedius (Banks, 1919) comb. nov. and C. piliceps (Holmgren, 1910) comb. nov. The last two species, C. intermedius and C. piliceps, are herein redescribed, and digital images are provided. The distribution of Cortaritermes is now expanded to northern and north-eastern South America. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 10/08260-3 - International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI 2010
• Beneficiário: Eliana Marques Cancello
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Reunião - Exterior
• Processo FAPESP: 13/03767-0 - Análise filogeográfica do complexo Heterotermes tenuis (Hagen, 1858) (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
• Beneficiário: Tiago Fernandes Carrijo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 13/05610-1 - Integrando o conhecimento taxonômico para inferir a filogenia do grupo Subulitermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) na região neotropical
• Beneficiário: Adriana Carolina Cuezzo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado