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Carrijo, Scheffrahn &amp; Křeček
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colony: Workers fixed in 85% ethanol. Sample labeled as, “
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, Sierra de Chochis, BO 842, SCCMNKM col.
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”.
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: single worker kept in a separate vial in the same sample.
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locality.
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, Chochis; -
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.
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Named in honor of Paul Ban (
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), a University of Florida colleague of the second and third authors who collected on St. Croix (1996) and participated in termite survey expeditions to
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(1997, 2003),
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(2008), and
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(2009).
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Unknown.
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB19D6FA082F8D625384E57" box="[199,276,1805,1828]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="295">Worker</emphasis>
(
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). Monomorphic. In dorsal view, head capsule subtrapezoidal with posterior margin rounded; fontanelle spot large and oval, slightly lighter than the head surface, situated at posterior half of the head capsule. In lateral view, the dorsal surface of the head capsule slightly oval; postclypeus strongly inflated and arched (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB19D6FA56AF88821BC4E19" box="[1327,1424,1875,1898]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 6" captionStartId="2.[151,258,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 3 6. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 3, lateral view of the head; 4, dorsal view of the head; 5, mandibles: A, apical teeth; M, marginal teeth. Mandibles slightly worn; 6, digestive tube: C, crop; G, gizzard; M, mesenteron; P 1, first proctodeal segment; P 2, enteric valve; P 3, paunch; P 4, colon; P 5, rectum. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral and left views. Scales except mandibles = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240963/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="295">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
). Head capsule and antennae light yellowish; pronotum pale yellow; legs white transparent. Antennal articles gradually more pigmented toward distal end. Antenna with 14 articles: 1&gt;2&gt;3&lt;4&lt;5=2. Anterior lobe of pronotum well-developed, and posterior lobe short; anterior margin of pronotum rounded. Tibial spurs 2:2:2. Range of measurements (mm) of five workers from the
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colony (BO842): LH, 0.780.83; WH, 0.880.93; LT, 0.830.88.
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB29D6CA0D2F8B5251D4EF7" bold="true" box="[151,305,1902,1924]" pageId="2" pageNumber="296">FIGURES 36.</emphasis>
Worker of
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: 3, lateral view of the head; 4, dorsal view of the head; 5, mandibles: A, apical teeth; M, marginal teeth. Mandibles slightly worn; 6, digestive tube: C, crop; G, gizzard; M, mesenteron; P1, first proctodeal segment; P2, enteric valve; P3, paunch; P4, colon; P5, rectum. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral and left views. Scales except mandibles = 1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB39D6DA0D2FBFF25114D49" bold="true" box="[151,317,1060,1082]" pageId="3" pageNumber="297">FIGURES 710.</emphasis>
Worker of
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:
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gizzard; 8, enteric valve (half of the enteric valve lost during preparation); 910, EVS/P3 junction.
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB39D6DA0D2F93E25364F88" bold="true" box="[151,282,1765,1787]" pageId="3" pageNumber="297">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Variability on the EVS/P3 junction paddles of
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB39D6DA2B2F93E27FE4F88" box="[759,978,1765,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="297">Compositermes vindai</emphasis>
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. Samples from Panama (upper left, PN1064), Trinidad &amp; Tobago (upper right, TT618), Peru (lower left, PU709) and Bolivia (lower right, BO978).
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB39D6DA082F898251B4E29" box="[199,311,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="297">Mandibles</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB39D6DA103F89825AB4E29" box="[326,391,1859,1882]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 6" captionStartId="2.[151,258,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 3 6. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 3, lateral view of the head; 4, dorsal view of the head; 5, mandibles: A, apical teeth; M, marginal teeth. Mandibles slightly worn; 6, digestive tube: C, crop; G, gizzard; M, mesenteron; P 1, first proctodeal segment; P 2, enteric valve; P 3, paunch; P 4, colon; P 5, rectum. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral and left views. Scales except mandibles = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240963/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="297">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Apical teeth acute and more prominent than first marginal teeth; margin of apical teeth forming a slightly acute, almost straight, angle with anterior margin of first marginal teeth. Left mandible: M1+2 margin straight till the gap before M3. M3 larger than molar tooth; molar tooth partially hidden beneath molar prominence; molar prominence concave with slightly defined ridges. Right mandible: M1 forming a U-shape margin with M2; molar plate concave with no defined ridges; basal notch well defined.
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA082FF43254C49DC" box="[199,352,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Digestive tube</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA128FF4325CE49DC" box="[365,482,152,175]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 3 6" captionStart-1="FIGURES 7 10" captionStartId-0="2.[151,258,1902,1924]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,258,1060,1082]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionText-0="FIGURES 3 6. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 3, lateral view of the head; 4, dorsal view of the head; 5, mandibles: A, apical teeth; M, marginal teeth. Mandibles slightly worn; 6, digestive tube: C, crop; G, gizzard; M, mesenteron; P 1, first proctodeal segment; P 2, enteric valve; P 3, paunch; P 4, colon; P 5, rectum. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral and left views. Scales except mandibles = 1 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 7 10. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 7, gizzard; 8, enteric valve (half of the enteric valve lost during preparation); 9 10, EVS / P 3 junction." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/240963/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/240964/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Figs. 610</figureCitation>
). Coiling gut
<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA236FF43269849DC" box="[627,692,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">in situ</emphasis>
visible through the abdominal wall. Crop (C) well developed (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA508FF4321A249DC" box="[1357,1422,152,175]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 6" captionStartId="2.[151,258,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,191,1881]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 3 6. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 3, lateral view of the head; 4, dorsal view of the head; 5, mandibles: A, apical teeth; M, marginal teeth. Mandibles slightly worn; 6, digestive tube: C, crop; G, gizzard; M, mesenteron; P 1, first proctodeal segment; P 2, enteric valve; P 3, paunch; P 4, colon; P 5, rectum. From left to right: dorsal, right, ventral and left views. Scales except mandibles = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240963/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
), with spines covering inner surface. Gizzard (G) regressed, with cuticular armature greatly simplified (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA501FF6321A249BC" box="[1348,1422,184,207]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 10" captionStartId="3.[151,258,1060,1082]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 7 10. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 7, gizzard; 8, enteric valve (half of the enteric valve lost during preparation); 9 10, EVS / P 3 junction." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240964/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Mesenteron (M) leaving the left side dorsally and passing through right side of the abdomen to join the first proctodeal segment (P1) ventrally, almost in medial line of body. Malpighian tubules attached in pairs, before the M-P1 junction. M- P1 junction swollen, but not bulging. P1 long and tubular, going through left side of body to form a loop between the rectum and paunch in ventral view and reaching the enteric valve seating (EVS) on right side of body. Enteric valve (P2) complete, with six inflated cushions in hexaradial arrangement; each cushion with a small basal projection covered with faint reticulate polygons; inter-cushion positions with larger and more robust reticulate polygons (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA4EAFEA620DC48E7" box="[1199,1264,381,404]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 10" captionStartId="3.[151,258,1060,1082]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 7 10. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 7, gizzard; 8, enteric valve (half of the enteric valve lost during preparation); 9 10, EVS / P 3 junction." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240964/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). EVS long and cylindrical; the EVS/P3 junction is adorned with 16 heavily sclerotized coronate prominences, each covered with spikes of different shapes and sizes (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA19FFE64266A48A5" box="[474,582,447,470]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 10" captionStartId="3.[151,258,1060,1082]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,191,1038]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 7 10. Worker of Compositermes bani sp. n.: 7, gizzard; 8, enteric valve (half of the enteric valve lost during preparation); 9 10, EVS / P 3 junction." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240964/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 910</figureCitation>
). Distal part of P3 globose; isthmus conspicuous; colon (P4) forming a tubular “U-turn”, not dilated, forming a close loop before joining rectum (P5).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B899B29FFB49D6AA082FDDB27E04BE8" blockId="4.[151,1436,152,667]" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">
<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA082FDDB25494B64" bold="true" box="[199,357,512,535]" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Comparisons.</emphasis>
The workers of
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA25FFDDB26464B64" box="[538,618,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">C. bani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A271FA40FFB49D6AA237FDDB26894B64" box="[626,677,512,535]" pageId="4" pageNumber="298" rank="species">sp.n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C36E0AAFFB49D6AA29EFDDB27134B64" box="[731,831,512,535]" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Compositermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vindai">
<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA29EFDDB27134B64" box="[731,831,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">C. vindai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are almost identical externally and internally. The clear distinction between these two species resides at the EVS/P3 junction. In
<taxonomicName id="4C36E0AAFFB49D6AA3E2FDFA27DA4B4B" box="[935,1014,545,568]" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Compositermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Isoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bani">
<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA3E2FDFA27DA4B4B" box="[935,1014,545,568]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">C. bani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the paddles characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA57CFDFA21B04B4B" box="[1337,1436,545,568]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">C. vindai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are replaced by a ring of coronate prominences from which are adorned with spines of great depth and curvature (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA535FD99249F4B09" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="3.[151,244,1765,1787]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1159,1744]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1159,1745]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 11. Variability on the EVS / P 3 junction paddles of Compositermes vindai. Samples from Panama (upper left, PN 1064), Trinidad &amp; Tobago (upper right, TT 618), Peru (lower left, PU 709) and Bolivia (lower right, BO 978)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240965/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). The EVS/P3 junction of
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<emphasis id="B942473BFFB49D6AA193FDB826154B09" box="[470,569,611,634]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">C. vindai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
workers examined have flat paddles, with varying size and number of flat spines originating along the lengths of their free borders (
<figureCitation id="130D87ACFFB49D6AA2F7FD5F272C4BE8" box="[690,768,644,667]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="3.[151,244,1765,1787]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1159,1744]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,1159,1745]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 11. Variability on the EVS / P 3 junction paddles of Compositermes vindai. Samples from Panama (upper left, PN 1064), Trinidad &amp; Tobago (upper right, TT 618), Peru (lower left, PU 709) and Bolivia (lower right, BO 978)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/240965/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="298">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA7E6D8FFB49D6AA349FD5F27ED4BE8" author="Scheffrahn" box="[780,961,644,667]" pageId="4" pageNumber="298" refString="Scheffrahn, R. H. (2013) Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 3652 (3), 381 - 391." type="journal article" year="2013">Scheffrahn 2013</bibRefCitation>
).
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