Echinotermes biriba, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

A new Apicotermitinae genus and species Echinotermes biriba is described from workers collected on the Andean-Amazon Piedmont in Colombia and Peru. The enteric valve armature of Echinotermes biriba Castro & Scheffrahn, gen. et sp. n. is a remarkably diagnostic character...

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Main Authors: Daniel Castro, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Tiago F. Carrijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24253