A new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae: Proboscitermes) from Tanzania

被引：1
作者：
Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. [1 ]
O'Malley, Robert C. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Inst Food & Agr Sci, Ft Lauderdale Res & Educ Ctr, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33314 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Dept Biol Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
来源：
ZOOTAXA | 2010年 / 2670期
关键词：
Isoptera; Termitidae; Termitinae; Proboscitermes mcgrewi; Ethiopian Region; Tanzania; Lake Tanganyika; new species; taxonomy; CONGO;
D O I：
10.11646/zootaxa.2670.1.3
中图分类号：
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号：
071002 ;
摘要：
A new species of termite, Proboscitermes mcgrewi Scheffrahn, is described from soldiers, workers, and a physogastric queen collected along the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The new species differs from all other mandibulate termite soldiers in having a relatively large proportion of head capsule volume anterior to the mandibular articulations.
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