New records of termites (Blattodea: Termitidae: Syntermitinae) from Colombia

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Published: Aug 26, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3909.10.9.12218-12225
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Amazon, Colombian Llanos, Cornitermes, Mapinguaritermes, neotropical, Orinoco, Rhynchotermes, savannas, termites, Uncitermes.

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Olga Patricia Pinzón
Laboratorio de Sanidad Forestal, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5E 15-82 - Sede Venado de Oro, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5858-4083
Jose Daniel Castro
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI, Avenida Vásquez Cobo Calles 15 y 16, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-6129

Abstract

 Eight species of termite from the Amazon and Orinoquia regions, belonging to four genera of the subfamily Syntermitinae, are recorded for the first time in Colombia.  The species are Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar, 1832), Cornitermes pilosus Holmgren, 1906, Cornitermes ovatus Emerson, 1952, Cornitermes snyderi Emerson, 1952, Mapinguaritermes peruanus (Holmgren, 1906), Rhynchotermes amazonensis Constantini & Cancello, 2016, Rhynchotermes perarmatus (Snyder, 1925), and Uncitermes teevani (Emerson, 1925).  Diagnostic characteristics and geographic distributions for the recorded species are provided, with detailed photographs of the soldier caste.  The diversity and distribution of indigenous termite species in Colombia are documented. 


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Vol. 10 No. 9 (2018)
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Olga Patricia Pinzón, Laboratorio de Sanidad Forestal, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Carrera 5E 15-82 - Sede Venado de Oro, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Bogotá D.C.

Jose Daniel Castro, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI, Avenida Vásquez Cobo Calles 15 y 16, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia

Leticia, Amazonas

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