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<mods:title>Schievitermes globicornis, a new genus and species of Termitinae (Blattodea, Termitidae) from French Guiana</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Roisin, Yves</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium</mods:affiliation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Remark.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">This genus is presently monotypic.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Type species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes globicornis</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="103" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Imago</emphasis>
: only known from a single queen. See species description.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Soldier</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–3" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 3. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: soldier head 1 from above 2 from below 3 from left." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures1-3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760324" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">1</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">4</figureCitation>
): Head capsule (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–3" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 3. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: soldier head 1 from above 2 from below 3 from left." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures1-3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760324" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">1-3</figureCitation>
) subquadrangular with rounded corners, about twice as long as broad, bearing numerous (~100) setae. Mandibles approximately as long as head capsule, rather thick, of the snapping type. Right mandible almost straight, only slightly curved inwards. Left mandible slightly but distinctly sinuous: outer margin slightly concave near base, convex in middle, then concave again at level of contact with right mandible, then curved inwards at tip. Tips of both mandibles hooked, turned about 60° inwards. Antennae of 13 articles, apical article reaching beyond left mandible tip; article 3 distinctly globular, as broad as article 1 and broader than all other articles. Labrum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">4</figureCitation>
) with nearly parallel sides, anterior margin sinuous, convex in middle, bearing a few long bristles, anterior corners rounded. Frons without projection.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Worker</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">5</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Proctodeal wall ornaments under phase-contrast illumination 9 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., worker enteric valve, spread on slide 10, 11 Planicapritermes planiceps (Emerson, 1925), worker enteric valve, spread on slide; proximal spiny areas and detail of distal spiny ridges, respectively 12, 13 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., ornamentation of worker paunch wall, in bulbous posterior part and narrower anterior section, respectively 14 Planicapritermes planiceps, ornamentation of worker paunch wall." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760327" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">9</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Proctodeal wall ornaments under phase-contrast illumination 9 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., worker enteric valve, spread on slide 10, 11 Planicapritermes planiceps (Emerson, 1925), worker enteric valve, spread on slide; proximal spiny areas and detail of distal spiny ridges, respectively 12, 13 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., ornamentation of worker paunch wall, in bulbous posterior part and narrower anterior section, respectively 14 Planicapritermes planiceps, ornamentation of worker paunch wall." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760327" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">12-13</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 15–17" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 15 - 17. Workers of Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov. fixed at various stages of abdominal dehiscence 15 linear crack (arrow) behind rear margin of metanotum 16 gut protruding through crack 17 anterior part of the gut completely extruded." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures15-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760328" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">15-17</figureCitation>
): Monomorphic. Head capsule whitish, bearing many setae. Mandibles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">5</figureCitation>
) of the wood-feeding type. Left mandible: distance between teeth A-M1+2 approximately half the distance M1+2-M3. M3 well-marked, premolar tooth (sensu
<bibRefCitation author="Deligne, J" journalOrPublisher="Belgian Journal of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="201 - 218" publicationUrl="https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/associated_publications/bjz/129-1/bjz_129_deligne_201-218.pdf" refId="B7" refString="Deligne, J, 1999. Functional morphology and evolution of a carpenter's plane-like tool in the mandibles of termite workers (Insecta Isoptera). Belgian Journal of Zoology 129: 201 - 218, https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/associated_publications/bjz/129-1/bjz_129_deligne_201-218.pdf" title="Functional morphology and evolution of a carpenter's plane-like tool in the mandibles of termite workers (Insecta Isoptera)." url="https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/associated_publications/bjz/129-1/bjz_129_deligne_201-218.pdf" volume="129" year="1999">Deligne 1999</bibRefCitation>
) blade-like, molar ridges well developed. Right mandible: distance between teeth A-M1 short, M2 well-marked, molar ridges well developed. Crop moderately developed, gizzard (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">6</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">7</figureCitation>
) of the generalized type (
<bibRefCitation author="Noirot, C" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (Nouvelle Serie)" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="431 - 471" refId="B12" refString="Noirot, C, 2001. The gut of termites (Isoptera). Comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. Higher termites (Termitidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 37: 431 - 471" title="The gut of termites (Isoptera). Comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. Higher termites (Termitidae)." volume="37" year="2001">Noirot 2001</bibRefCitation>
), cuticular armature limited to small pectinated scales on the pulvilli (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–7" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 7. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: 4 labrum of soldier 5 worker mandibles, from above 6 gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination) 7 gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">7</figureCitation>
). Mixed segment long, mesenteric tongue bilobate distally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 8. Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov.: camera lucida drawings of worker gut in situ. From left to right: viewed from above, right, below, left. Mesenteron stippled." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760326" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">8</figureCitation>
). Ileum (P1) slightly dilated, narrowing into P2. Enteric valve (P2) funnel-like, conical at end of P1, becoming a narrow tube at junction with P3. Enteric valve armature (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Proctodeal wall ornaments under phase-contrast illumination 9 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., worker enteric valve, spread on slide 10, 11 Planicapritermes planiceps (Emerson, 1925), worker enteric valve, spread on slide; proximal spiny areas and detail of distal spiny ridges, respectively 12, 13 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., ornamentation of worker paunch wall, in bulbous posterior part and narrower anterior section, respectively 14 Planicapritermes planiceps, ornamentation of worker paunch wall." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760327" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">9</figureCitation>
) consisting in two rings of spine-bearing areas, the proximal one in the conical section of P2, formed by three ovoid cushions alternating with elongated ones, all bearing small triangular spines; distal ring within the narrow tubular section, formed by six alternating short and long cushions bearing thin, curved spines. Paunch (P3) voluminous, with wall bearing numerous small spines, longer in rounded posterior section near entrance of P2 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Proctodeal wall ornaments under phase-contrast illumination 9 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., worker enteric valve, spread on slide 10, 11 Planicapritermes planiceps (Emerson, 1925), worker enteric valve, spread on slide; proximal spiny areas and detail of distal spiny ridges, respectively 12, 13 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., ornamentation of worker paunch wall, in bulbous posterior part and narrower anterior section, respectively 14 Planicapritermes planiceps, ornamentation of worker paunch wall." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760327" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">12</figureCitation>
), short and often pectinated in anterior section narrowing towards P4 (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Proctodeal wall ornaments under phase-contrast illumination 9 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., worker enteric valve, spread on slide 10, 11 Planicapritermes planiceps (Emerson, 1925), worker enteric valve, spread on slide; proximal spiny areas and detail of distal spiny ridges, respectively 12, 13 Schievitermes globicornis sp. nov., ornamentation of worker paunch wall, in bulbous posterior part and narrower anterior section, respectively 14 Planicapritermes planiceps, ornamentation of worker paunch wall." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760327" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">13</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="103" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
From local Brussels dialect
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">schieve</emphasis>
= not straight, askew, and Latin
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">termes</emphasis>
= termite. The name refers to the slight grade of asymmetry displayed by soldier mandibles.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="103" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Soldier</emphasis>
: Among neotropical snappers, the absence of a frontal projection distinguishes
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Termes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mathews" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Inquilinitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Inquilinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Inquilinitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Cavitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cavitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Cavitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hellemans &amp; Roisin" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Palmitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Palmitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Palmitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1961" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Dihoplotermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dihoplotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Dihoplotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Cornicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Planicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a characteristic flattened head capsule and strongly asymmetrical mandibles.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Crepititermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Crepititermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Crepititermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its thicker mandibles with a slight, but distinct asymmetry, and globular third antennal article.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmgren" authorityYear="1912" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Neocapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Neocapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species are consistently larger (head width&gt; 1 mm), have more antennal articles (15-16 vs 13) and their mandible asymmetry is always more pronounced (
<bibRefCitation author="Krishna, K" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="83 - 130" publicationUrl="https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1107" refId="B10" refString="Krishna, K, Araujo, RL, 1968. A revision of the neotropical termite genus Neocapritermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138: 83 - 130, https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1107" title="A revision of the neotropical termite genus Neocapritermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae)." url="https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1107" volume="138" year="1968">Krishna and Araujo 1968</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Constantino, R" journalOrPublisher="Goeldiana Zoologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="1 - 13" publicationUrl="https://repositorio.museu-goeldi.br/handle/mgoeldi/346" refId="B4" refString="Constantino, R, 1991. Notes on Neocapritermes Holmgren, with description of two new species from the Amazon Basin (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae). Goeldiana Zoologia 7: 1 - 13, https://repositorio.museu-goeldi.br/handle/mgoeldi/346" title="Notes on Neocapritermes Holmgren, with description of two new species from the Amazon Basin (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae)." url="https://repositorio.museu-goeldi.br/handle/mgoeldi/346" volume="7" year="1991">Constantino 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Bandeira, AG" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="423 - 435" refId="B2" refString="Bandeira, AG, Cancello, EM, 1992. Four new species of termites (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the island of Maraca, Roraima, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 36: 423 - 435" title="Four new species of termites (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the island of Maraca, Roraima, Brazil." volume="36" year="1992">Bandeira and Cancello 1992</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Figures 1-3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes globicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.: soldier head
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">1</emphasis>
from above
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">2</emphasis>
from below
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">3</emphasis>
from left.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figures4-7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760325" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" start="Figures 4–7" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Figures 4-7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes globicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">4</emphasis>
labrum of soldier
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">5</emphasis>
worker mandibles, from above
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">6</emphasis>
gizzard of worker, complete, spread on slide (phase-contrast illumination)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">7</emphasis>
gizzard of worker, detail of pulvillus (phase-contrast illumination).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Worker</emphasis>
: Mandibles are of the wood-feeding type, as in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmgren" authorityYear="1912" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Neocapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Neocapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1949" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Planicapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Planicapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Planicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with a short space between apical and anterior marginal teeth, and well-developed molar ridges.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Termes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Termes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Termes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(with the exception of the wood-feeding species,
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. hispaniolae" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" rank="species" species="hispaniolae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">T. hispaniolae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Banks, 1918)),
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Crepititermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Crepititermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Crepititermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mathews" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Inquilinitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Inquilinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Inquilinitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Cavitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cavitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Cavitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hellemans &amp; Roisin" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Palmitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Palmitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Palmitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1961" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Dihoplotermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dihoplotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Dihoplotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1950" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Cornicapritermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cornicapritermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Cornicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have mandibles of the soil feeding type, with a broad space between apical and anterior marginal teeth, and reduced molar ridges. The digestive tube of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roisin" authorityYear="2022" family="Termitidae" genus="Schievitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schievitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to that of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1949" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Planicapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Planicapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Planicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the bilobed apex of the mesenteric part of the mixed segment is distinctive.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmgren" authorityYear="1912" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Neocapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Neocapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also possesses two mesenteric lobes, but the mixed segment is shorter and the mesenteric lobes are larger and more widely separated (
<bibRefCitation author="Constantino, R" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="109 - 118" refId="B5" refString="Constantino, R, 1998. Description of a new Planicapritermes from Central Amazonia, with notes on the morphology of the digestive tube of the Neocapritermes - Planicapritermes group (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae). Sociobiology 32: 109 - 118" title="Description of a new Planicapritermes from Central Amazonia, with notes on the morphology of the digestive tube of the Neocapritermes - Planicapritermes group (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae)." volume="32" year="1998">Constantino 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202000841" author="Almeida-Azevedo, R" journalOrPublisher="Acta Amazonica" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="63 - 66" refId="B1" refString="Almeida-Azevedo, R, Azevedo, RA, Sobral, R, Morais, JW, 2021. First description of the worker of Planicapritermes longilabrum with notes on the nest of Planicapritermes planiceps (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae). Acta Amazonica 51 (1): 63 - 66, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202000841" title="First description of the worker of Planicapritermes longilabrum with notes on the nest of Planicapritermes planiceps (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202000841" volume="51" year="2021">Almeida-Azevedo et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
). The enteric valve armature of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roisin" authorityYear="2022" family="Termitidae" genus="Schievitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schievitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to that of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1949" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Planicapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Planicapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Planicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs
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,
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), apart from minor differences in the ornamentation of spiny areas. Cuticular differentiations within P3 of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Roisin" authorityYear="2022" family="Termitidae" genus="Schievitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schievitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are intermediate between the long spines and filaments observed in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Holmgren" authorityYear="1912" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Neocapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neocapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Neocapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and the tiny spines present in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Emerson" authorityYear="1949" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Planicapritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Planicapritermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Planicapritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Noirot, C" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (Nouvelle Serie)" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" pagination="431 - 471" refId="B12" refString="Noirot, C, 2001. The gut of termites (Isoptera). Comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. Higher termites (Termitidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 37: 431 - 471" title="The gut of termites (Isoptera). Comparative anatomy, systematics, phylogeny. II. Higher termites (Termitidae)." volume="37" year="2001">Noirot 2001</bibRefCitation>
; Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1125.91124.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/760326" pageId="0" pageNumber="103" start="Figure 8" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">Schievitermes globicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.: camera lucida drawings of worker gut
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="103">in situ</emphasis>
. From left to right: viewed from above, right, below, left. Mesenteron stippled.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="103">
Most workers show signs of dehiscence between metanotum and first abdominal tergite, ranging from a short slit-like aperture bordered by brown sclerotic marks (Fig.
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) to a broad opening through which the whole anterior part of the gut protrudes (Figs
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,
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).
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