Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera Author Rocha, Mauricio M. 0000-0002-6568-068X mmrocha. cupim @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6568 - 068 X mmrocha.cupim@gmail.com Author Cancello, Eliana M. 0000-0003-3125-6335 Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. & ecancell @ usp. br; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3125 - 6335 ecancell@usp.br text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-19 5138 4 445 463 journal article 55442 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.6 e6056cb7-092f-4304-8ea1-25ef5014286d 1175-5326 6571669 C86210F3-E340-4C97-82D4-27461CD5BFBD Bandeiratermes silvestrii , new combination Armitermes silvestrii Emerson in Snyder, 1949: 337 (no description, only reference to Silvestri, 1901 and 1903 ). Type Material . Lectotype soldier, deposited at AMNH , from Brazil , Mato Grosso state , Cuiabá , Coxipó district , 06.ix.1900 , F. Silvestri coll. (not examined). Imago . Described by Silvestri (1903) p. 79. Soldier . Described by Silvestri (1903) as Armitermes albidus (misidentification); Emerson & Banks (1957) provided a good redescription, while additional pictures are provided herein ( Fig. 13 ). Figured by Scheffrahn (2021) . Worker . External morphology as described for the genus. Digestive tube ( Figs 14 , 15a–15e ). As described for the genus, the gut conformation is the same as Ban. tellustris , differing only in size (slightly larger) and by the mesenteric tongue width (slightly narrower). Material examined . BRAZIL . Distrito Federal : Brasília , Fazenda Água Limpa , 04.vi.1993 , Carlos (UNB- 00155) . Goiás : Cristalina , 19.vii.2015 , T . Carrijo (25459); Goiânia , 3 kilometer marker on right hand side of the highway to Guapó , Km 4, 27.v.1986 , Iris O. Cabral (8858) . Mato Grosso : APM Manso , 17.v.1999 , R .Constantino (UNB-1664); APM Manso— Morro do Chapéu , 14.i.1999 , R .Constantino (UNB-0812, UNB-0810); Barra do Garça , 22.vii.2015 , R . G.Santos (25440); Juruena, Plantio de Teca , 06.vii.2002 , R .Constantino (UNB-3436); Rio Coxipó , 18.ii.1976 , R . L.Araujo (7228), 14.ii.1976 (6705); Rondonópolis, 23.vii.2015 , T . Carrijo (24804) . Mato Grosso do Sul : Coxim , 24.vii.2015 , T .Carrijo (25396), C. Cuezzo (25140), R . G.Santos (24759); Sonora , 23.vii.2015 , C.Cuezzo (25137) . Minas Gerais : Belo Horizonte , 13.ii.1976 , R .L. Araujo (5098); between Uberlândia and Araxá , 09.xi.1972 , R .L. Araujo (5713); P.N. Grande Sertão Veredas , 10.xii.2012 , T . Carrijo (26443) .