A new species of Ibitermes (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Atlantic forest, northeastern Brazil
The sterile castes of Ibitermes inflatus sp. nov. from Rio Tinto, State of Paraíba, Brazil are described and illustrated. This is the first record of a species of Ibitermes from the Brazilian northeast and from the Atlantic Forest biome. The absence of ridges in the molar plate of the left mandible...
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Language: | English |
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Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
2002-01-01
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Series: | Iheringia: Série Zoologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212002000200005 |