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<mods:title>Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Schedorhinotermes_translucens" authority="Haviland, 1898" authorityName="Haviland" authorityYear="1898" class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens (Haviland, 1898)</taxonomicName>
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Figs 75-8183
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Termes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Termes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Termes translucens</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Haviland, GD" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology)" pageId="29" pageNumber="84" pagination="358 - 442" title="Observations on termites; with descriptions of new species." url="10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb00405.x" volume="26" year="1898">Haviland 1898</bibRefCitation>
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: 394.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Rhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Rhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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(Haviland).
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<bibRefCitation pageId="21" pageNumber="76">Desneux 1904b</bibRefCitation>
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: 28.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Rhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Schedorhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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) translucens (Haviland).
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<bibRefCitation author="Holmgren, N" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="452 - 465" title="Neu-Guinea-Termiten." volume="5" year="1911 a">Holmgren 1911a</bibRefCitation>
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: 458.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Rhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Schedorhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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) celebensis
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<bibRefCitation author="Holmgren, N" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="452 - 465" title="Neu-Guinea-Termiten." volume="5" year="1911 a">Holmgren 1911a</bibRefCitation>
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: 458. New synonymy.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Rhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Schedorhinotermes</taxonomicName>
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) marjoriae
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<bibRefCitation author="Snyder, TE" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="395 - 407" title="New termites from the Solomon Islands and Santa Cruz Archipelago." volume="15" year="1925">Snyder 1925</bibRefCitation>
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: 404-405. New synonymy.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
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(Snyder).
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<bibRefCitation author="Snyder, TE" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Institution, Washington" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" title="Catalog of the Termites (Isoptera) of the World." year="1949">Snyder 1949</bibRefCitation>
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: 94.
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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(Holmgren).
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<bibRefCitation author="Snyder, TE" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Institution, Washington" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" title="Catalog of the Termites (Isoptera) of the World." year="1949">Snyder 1949</bibRefCitation>
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: 90.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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(Haviland).
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<bibRefCitation author="Snyder, TE" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Institution, Washington" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" title="Catalog of the Termites (Isoptera) of the World." year="1949">Snyder 1949</bibRefCitation>
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: 96.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="78" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="21" pageNumber="76">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="78" pageId="21" pageNumber="76">
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Syntypes, all castes:MALAYSIA: Sarawak: Kuching, xi.1894 (G.D. Haviland) (type No. 299, B.M.1899-41, BMNH, collection data from
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<bibRefCitation author="Harris, WV" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London" pageId="29" pageNumber="84" pagination="11 - 17" title="Type localities of the Isoptera described by Haviland." url="10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00947.x" volume="177" year="1966">Harris 1966</bibRefCitation>
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). Syntype of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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, alate: Celebes, Hickson (BMNH). Other material: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, 24.xi.1954 (E.S. Brown), labelled
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="21" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
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(BMNH). PAPUA NEW GUINEA:Madang: Bunapas road, 26.vi.1981 (JMP) (#PNGT104); Nubia, 18.v.1983 (YR) (#PNGT352); Hatzfeldthafen, 20.v.1983 (YR), in bamboo thicket (#PNGT363); Potsdam, 10.xii.1983 (YR) (#PNGT495); Boisa Island, 06.ix.1984 (YR) (#PNGT819); Tabele (Manam Is.), 19.ix.1984 (YR) (#PNGT841); Guam bridge, 12.ii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT872); Bunapas road, 16.ii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT877); Hatzfeldthafen, 22.ii.1985 (JMP & YR), with royal pair, 1 alate in log on the ground (#PNGT893); Bogia-Tangu road km 10, 28.vii.1987 (YR) (#PNGT1125?1124?); Nubia, 17.ii.1988 (YR), with 3 alates
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#PNGT1155); Baitabag, 15.v.1999 (L.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Čižek">Cizek</normalizedToken>
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) (#11, J.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Šobotník’s">Sobotnik's</normalizedToken>
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collection); Tabobo, 07.i.1989 (ML), with alates (#PNGT1385); Braham mission, 05.v.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1199); Morobe: Kaiapit, 18-19.ii.1983 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT185, 190); 19 km W Lae, 28.xi.1962 (AE) (AMNH); 40 km S Lae on Bulolo road, 15.xii.1962 (AE) (AMNH); 21 km ENE Lae, 20.xii.1962 (AE) (AMNH); Markham River (21
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<pageBreakToken pageId="23" pageNumber="78" start="start">km</pageBreakToken>
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NW Lae), 08.xii.1962 (AE), with nymphoid queen, in standing tree besides stream (AMNH); Oomsis, 25.v.1987 (YR) (#PNGT1089); Bulolo, 14.ii.1983 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT166, 167); Bulolo, 22.v.1987 (YR) (#PNGT1078); 8 km S Bulolo, alt. 900m, 14.xii.1962 (AE) (AMNH); Manki ridge, 18.v.1988 (YR), in
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Castanopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Castanopsis" order="Fagales" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Castanopsis</taxonomicName>
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forest (#PNGT1227); Mount Susu, 19.v.1988 (YR), in hoop pine log (#PNGT1234); Wau-Edie Creek road, 10.ii.1983 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT157, 158); Mount Missim, 12.ii.1983 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT163); Kaulz Creek, 13.xii.1962 (AE), 2 samples from wood stump in mid-montane forest (AMNH); Eastern Highlands: Aiyura, 03.i.1963 (AE), 2 samples from stumps, one in
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Castanopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Castanopsis acuminata" order="Fagales" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">Castanopsis acuminata</taxonomicName>
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forest, one in garden (AMNH); Sandaun: Yapsiei, 10.iii.1994 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1731, 1732); Yapsiei, 11.iii.1994 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1743); Yapsiei, 12.iii.1994 (YR & ML), with 1 alate (#PNGT1752); Manus: Lorengau-Yiringo road km 32, 04.vi.1984 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT655); Lorengau-Yiringo road km 32, 06.vi.1984 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT674); East New Britain: Ataliklikun Bay, 30 km W of Keravat, 23.v.1984 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT596); Oro: Kokoda, 13.iii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT951); Kokoda, 17.iii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT978, 979); Kokoda, 17.iii.1985 (JMP & YR), in rubber plantation (#PNGT991, 992); Central: Sirinumu Dam, 09.iii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT941); Brown River, 21.iii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT995); Southern Highlands: Bosavi mission, 25.vi.1999 (L.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Čižek">Cizek</normalizedToken>
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) (#19, J.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Šobotník’s">Sobotnik's</normalizedToken>
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collection); Lake Kutubu, 13.x.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1294); Pimaga, 16-17.x.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1303, 1305, 1311); Pimaga, 19.x.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1320); Fly: Morehead, 23.iii.1989 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1417); Wipim, 29.iii.1989 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1474); Tabubil, 19.v.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1538); Lake Murray, 23.v.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1568); Nomad, 29.v.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1615); Nomad, 31.v.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1629); Nomad, 01.vi.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1638, 1641, 1646); Nomad, 02.vi.1990 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1666). INDONESIA: Papua: Pusppenssat-IrJa, 14.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT25); Road Nabire-Mapia km 48, 15.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT42); Road Nabire-Mapia km 62, 18.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT69, 70); Pusppenssat-IrJa, 19.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT83, 93); Topo, 28.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT191); Sanoba, 29.xi.1995 (YR) (#IRJT196); Pusppenssat-IrJa, 01.xii.1995 (YR) (#IRJT212). Samples included with doubt:PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang: Usino, 22.ii.1983 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT215); Nubia, 18.v.1983 (YR) (#PNGT352); Guam bridge, 12.ii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT868); Hatzfeldthafen, 22.ii.1985 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT892); East New Britain: Warengoi, 19.v.1984 (JMP & YR) (#PNGT571).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" type="new synonymy">
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<paragraph pageId="23" pageNumber="78">New synonymy.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="23" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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was described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Holmgren, N" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="452 - 465" title="Neu-Guinea-Termiten." volume="5" year="1911 a">Holmgren (1911a)</bibRefCitation>
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based on the alate caste. The distinction of rhinotermitid species based only on alates is uncertain, as only few characters give relevant taxonomic information. After comparison of the type series of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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it appears that alates of the two species are morphologically identical and could be considered as the same species. Moreover,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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was mentioned in New Guinea and was therefore expected to occur in our samples. Thus, even though the soldiers could not be compared, we consider
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
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as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="23" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="24" pageNumber="79" start="start">Schedorhinotermes</pageBreakToken>
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marjoriae
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</taxonomicName>
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was described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Snyder, TE" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="395 - 407" title="New termites from the Solomon Islands and Santa Cruz Archipelago." volume="15" year="1925">Snyder (1925)</bibRefCitation>
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based on specimens collected in the Solomon Islands. He pointed out its resemblance with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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and gave as sole character to distinguish these species the morphology of major soldier mandibles. After examination of samples of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
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, we found that differences between soldier mandibles of the two alleged species are by far smaller than variation observed among New Guinean specimens. For this reason, we also consider
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
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as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
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.
|
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
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Figures 75-81.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
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. Imago: 75 head. Major soldier: 76 head; 78 left mandible; 79 right mandible. Minor soldier: 77 head; 80 left mandible; 81 right mandible. Scale bars: 75, 76, 77: 0.5mm; 78, 79, 80, 81: 0.2mm.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
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Figure 82. Known distribution in New Guinea of: ■
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes seclusus" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seclusus">Schedorhinotermes seclusus</taxonomicName>
|
||
; ●
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes malaccensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaccensis">Schedorhinotermes malaccensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
; ✖
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes longirostris" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longirostris">Schedorhinotermes longirostris</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
Figure 83. ◆ Known distribution in New Guinea of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
||
; ◇ dubious samples.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="imago">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Imago.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
(Fig. 75). Head slightly rounded posteriorly, covered by about 15 setae. Eyes relatively large. Pronotum bearing about 50 setae, principally located on edges. Antennae with 20 articles. Measurements (mm) of 3 imagoes from the type colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 1 imago from the type colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
[brackets], and 26 imagoes from 5 colonies (parentheses): TBL: 7.31-8.95 [7.18] (7.02-8.95); HLC: 1.62-1.68 [1.54] (1.36-1.67); HWE: 1.72-1.76 [1.66] (1.63-1.84); PL: 0.88-0.98 [0.80] (0.74-0.89); PW: 1.48-1.55 [1.39] (1.30-1.56); FWL: 10.21-10.70 [n.a.] (9.60-11.40); ED: 0.51-0.54 [0.41] (0.31-0.48).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="major soldier">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Major soldier.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
(Figs 76, 78-79). Soldiers of medium size. Head slightly longer than wide, covered by about 30 setae. Labrum not reaching the tip of mandibles. Antennae with 16 articles. Pronotum large, covered by about 15 setae. Mesonotum and metanotum covered by about 10 setae on the posterior margin. Abdomen with 15 to 20 setae per segment. Left mandible with the first subsidiary tooth slightly longer than the second. Right mandible with well developed outgrowth on interior side of base. Measurements (mm) of 3 major soldiers from the type colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 6 major soldiers from one determined sample of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
|
||
[brackets], and 87 major soldiers from 29 colonies (parentheses): HLC: 1.91-1.97 [1.95-2.06] (1.45-2.10); HLL: 2.38-2.42 [2.40-2.58] (1.82-2.62); HW: 1.67-1.79 [1.75-1.89] (1.32-1.84); PW: 1.02-1.08 [1.04-1.12] (0.74-1.17); RML: 1.11-1.14 [1.12-1.19] (0.88-1.23); MPW: 0.27-0.30 [0.29-0.34] (0.20-0.34); T3L: 1.54-1.57 [1.42-1.53] (1.15-1.63).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="minor soldier">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Minor soldier.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
(Figs 77, 80-81). Head elongated, rounded posteriorly, covered by about 10 setae. Labrum 2.5 times longer than wide, reaching the tip of mandibles. Fronto-clypeus elongated. Antennae with 15 articles. Pronotum with about 10 setae on the edges. Mesonotum and metanotum with about 10 setae on the posterior edge. Abdomen with about 8 to 10 setae per segment. Mandibles slender. Measurements (mm) of 5 minor soldiers from the type colony of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 6 minor soldiers of one determined sample of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes marjoriae" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">Schedorhinotermes marjoriae</taxonomicName>
|
||
[brackets] and 10 minor soldiers from 10 colonies (parentheses): HLC: 0.99-1.19 [0.98-1.20] (0.90-1.11); HLL: 1.44-1.72 [1.49-1.67] (1.34-1.68); HW: 0.78-0.93 [0.78-0.87] (0.71-0.90); PL: 0.40-0.48 [0.35-0.46] (0.28-0.43); PW: 0.59-0.69 [0.52-0.63] (0.45-0.65); RML: 0.65-0.78 [0.60-0.72] (0.55-0.77); MPW: 0.30-0.35 [0.28-0.32] (0.24-0.34); T3L: 1.04-1.24 [0.89-1.02] (0.87-1.04).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="comparisons">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Comparisons.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
This species is related to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes longirostris" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longirostris">Schedorhinotermes longirostris</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from which it can be distinguished by its more hairy pronotum, mesonotum, metanotum and abdomen of major soldiers.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
(Fig. 83).
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes translucens" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="translucens">Schedorhinotermes translucens</taxonomicName>
|
||
is widespread throughout New Guinea, both in savannas and forests. The following additional records are from the literature (samples not examined):
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Holmgren, N" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="452 - 465" title="Neu-Guinea-Termiten." volume="5" year="1911 a">Holmgren (1911a)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: Sattelberg, Kola; as
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Schedorhinotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedorhinotermes celebensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="celebensis">Schedorhinotermes celebensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
: Aitape (as Eitape (Berlinerhafen));
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Roonwal, ML" journalOrPublisher="Treubia" pageId="30" pageNumber="85" pagination="63 - 140" title="Termites from Indonesia including West Irian." volume="27" year="1966">Roonwal and Maiti (1966)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: Meervlakte.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="79" type="termitophiles">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">Termitophiles.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="79">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Myrmedonota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmedonota termitophila" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="termitophila">Myrmedonota termitophila</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Coleoptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Coleoptera" order="Malvales" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Coleoptera</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName family="Staphylinidae" lsidName="" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" rank="family">Staphylinidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Aleocharinae">Aleocharinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" rank="tribe" tribe="Lomechusini">Lomechusini</taxonomicName>
|
||
) was discovered in colony #PNGT163 (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Bourguignon, T" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pageId="29" pageNumber="84" pagination="395 - 407" title="A new genus and three new species of termitophilous staphylinids (Coleoptera: Staplylinidae) associated with Schedorhinotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in New Guinea." volume="48" year="2006">Bourguignon and Roisin 2006</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The following
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" rank="tribe" tribe="Trichopseniini">Trichopseniini</taxonomicName>
|
||
(also
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Aleocharinae">Aleocharinae</taxonomicName>
|
||
), were reported as guests of this species (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Bourguignon, T" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Evolution" pageId="29" pageNumber="84" pagination="405 - 425" title="Taxonomy, distribution and host specificity of the termitophile tribe Trichopseniini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in New Guinea and adjacent islands." url="10.1163/187631207794760967" volume="38" year="2007">Bourguignon et al. 2007</bibRefCitation>
|
||
):
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Schedolimulus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedolimulus elongatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatus">Schedolimulus elongatus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Schedolimulus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedolimulus latus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latus">Schedolimulus latus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Schedolimulus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schedolimulus planus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="planus">Schedolimulus planus</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Schizelythron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Schizelythron papuanum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="79" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papuanum">Schizelythron papuanum</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
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</document> |