Diversitermes (lat.) - a genus of nosed termites from the family Termitidae ( Nasutitermitinae ). South America. 3 types.
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Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Systematics
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Description
Small species of nosed termites. Soldiers have a nasal tube from which, in case of danger, they shoot with repellents based on terpenes . The stingers of soldiers are greatly reduced, non-functioning. the labrum is wider than its length. Formula of spurs of tibia: 2–2–2 [1] . The head of large soldiers is oval, yellowish-brown, with 4 hairs at the base of the nose [2] .
Systematics
3 types. The genus was first isolated in 1912 [3] . The genus is included in the family group of the Nasutitermes Group [1] [4] .
- Diversitermes castaniceps (Holmgren, 1910) - Bolivia , Brazil, Paraguay (= Eutermes (Constrictotermes) castaniceps Holmgren, 1910) [5]
- = Diversitermes eidmanni Roonwal, Chhotani & Verma, 1981 (Brazil) [6] . It was synonymous in 2016 [4] .
- Diversitermes diversimiles (Silvestri, 1901) - Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay (= Eutermes diversimiles Silvestri, 1901) [7]
- = Eutermes strelnicovi John 1920 (= Nasutitermes strelnicovi)
- Diversitermes tiapuan Oliveira & Constantino, 2016 [4] .
Previously, the genus included the species Diversitermes aporeticus Mathews, 1977 ( Brazil ) [8] , which in 2016 was transferred to the genus Velocitermes Holmgren, 1912 [4] . The species Diversitermes needhami Roonwal, Chhotani & Verma, 1981 (Brazil) [6] is synonymous with the species Velocitermes heteropterus (Silvestri 1901) [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Krishna, Kumar .; Grimaldi, David A .; Krishna, Valerie .; Engel, Michael S. Treatise on the Isoptera of the world // Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Journal. - New York : American Museum of Natural History , 2013. - Vol. 377 (vol. 1-7). - P. 1-2704. - ISSN 0003-0090 .
- ↑ Reginaldo Constantino. An illustrated key to Neotropical termite genera (Insecta: Isoptera) based primarily on soldiers (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2002. - Vol. 67. - P. 1-40. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- ↑ Holmgren, N. 1912. Termitenstudien 3. Systematic der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 48 (4): 1-166.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Danilo Elias Oliveira, Reginaldo Constantino. A taxonomic revision of the neotropical termite genus Diversitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016 .-- Vol. 4158, no. 2 . - P. 221-245. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- ↑ Holmgren, N. 1910. Versuch einer Monographie der amerikanischen Eutermes-Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum (Hamburg) 27: 171–325.
- ↑ 1 2 Roonwal, ML; OB Chhotani; SC Verma 1981. Evolution and systematic significance of wing micro-sculpturing in termites (Isoptera) X. Subfamily Nasutitermitinae of family Termitidae. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part B, Biological Sciences 47 (3): 341-369.
- ↑ Silvestri, F. 1901. Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 16 (389): 1-8.
- ↑ Mathews, AGA Studies on Termites from the Mato Grosso State, Brazil. - Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 1977 .-- P. 1-267.
Literature
- Mathews, AGA Studies on Termites from the Mato Grosso State, Brazil. - Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 1977 .-- P. 1-267.
- Snyder, TE Termites collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration to the Amazon Basin 1921-1922 (English) // Proceedings of the US National Museum. - 1926. - Vol. 68, no. 14 . - P. 1-76.