A new species of Ceylonitermellus Emerson, 1960 (Blattodea: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from India with a key to the genus

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作者：
Ranjith, M. [1 ]
Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M. [1 ]
Meghana, K. J. [1 ]
Santhrupthi, B. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Agr & Hort Sci, Coll Agr, Dept Entomol, Shivamogga 577204, Karnataka, India
来源：
JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY | 2022年 / 25卷 / 02期
关键词：
Soil termite; Gut morphology; Enteric valve; Kerala; Western Ghats; ISOPTERA;
D O I：
10.1016/j.aspen.2022.101903
中图分类号：
Q96 [昆虫学];
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摘要：
Ceylonitermellus Emerson is a rarely collected soil inhabiting nasute termite endemic to Oriental region with three known species. A fourth species, Ceylonitermellus sahyadriensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on morphological characters of soldier and gut morphology of workers. Both the castes have poorly sclerotized body and paler in colour. This is the second species from India and fourth species of the genus from world. The species can be distinguished from the closely related C. periyarensis by the pyriform and shorter head capsule and with other two species of the genus by its larger head capsule as compared to C. kotuae and smaller head capsule as compared to C. hantanae. The new species was collected from tropical evergreen forest from a small colony near the base of a tree. LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:34616357-2CC9-46B2-8B8D-3CFD984CED89.
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