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. 2020 Aug 24:963:37-44.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.963.55843. eCollection 2020.

Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia

Rudolf H Scheffrahn  1 , Olga Patricia Pinzón Florian  2
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Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia

Rudolf H Scheffrahn et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

The imago and soldier castes of a new Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911 species, R. tinto sp. nov. are described. It is the ninth species of Rugitermes from South America and the first record of this genus from Colombia. Unlike its congeners, the soldier of R. tinto has very dark head capsule pigmentation and acute protuberances projecting from frontolateral ridges.

Keywords: South America; frontolateral ridges; imago; new species; soldier; taxonomy.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Type localities for all Rugitermes species described from South America and collection localities for Rugitermes spp. in the University of Florida Termite Collection (UFTC).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Rugitermes tinto sp. nov. A Dorsal B lateral views of head and thorax of imago C dorsal D frontal views of anterior soldier head capsule (white arrows mark frontal flange, yellow arrows mark frontolateral ridge, and black arrows mark protuberance of frontolateral ridge).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Rugitermes tinto sp. nov. soldier head and pronotum. A Dorsal B lateral C ventral view.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Anteriodorsal views of Rugitermes soldier heads from South America. Margins of left frontolateral ridges enhanced. AR. bicolor, PU946 BR. flavicinctus, TT88 CR. laticollis, EC1465 DR. magninotus, PU1087 ER. occidentalis, AG380 FR. niger, AG500 GR. nodulosus (modified from fig. 14, Krishna 1961) HR. rugosus PA1186. Accession numbers from UFTC (Scheffrahn 2019b). Scale bars: 1 mm.
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