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<mods:title>Roisinitermesebogoensis gen. & sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Akama, Pierre Dieudonne</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Sobotnik, Jan</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="148431306" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9AE40F98-CA9E-45AC-849E-A034F19E8DAE" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A2216C645BA55C8DC617EFEDED429A5B" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="94" pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/9AE40F98-CA9E-45AC-849E-A034F19E8DAE" authority="Scheffrahn" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Isoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes Scheffrahn</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="2" pageNumber="93">gen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">Type-species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes ebogoensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebogoensis">Roisinitermes ebogoensis</taxonomicName>
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Scheffrahn sp. n.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="93" type="winged imago">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">Winged Imago.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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Ocelli not visible either by pigmentation or cuticular protrusion (Figure 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–C">A-C</normalizedToken>
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). Fore wing with unsclerotized media and cubitus arising from a common vein distal from scale suture; radial sector with 5-6 anterior branches; subcosta very close and difficult to discern from costal margin (Figure 2D). Hind wing with radial sector and cubitus arising from a common vein distal to suture. Tibial spurs 3:3:3; tarsi without arolia. The left imago/nymph mandible with anterior margin of their marginal tooth ca. 1.5 times longer than length of the posterior margin of the first plus second marginal tooth; right mandible with posterior margin of second marginal tooth 1.4 times as long as molar plate (Figure 3).
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<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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Figure 2. Imago of
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gen. & sp. n. A Dorsal view of head and thorax B Oblique view of head C Lateral view of head and thorax D Right forewing (arrow on subcosta) and right hind wing.
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<caption pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">
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Figure 3. Brachypterous nymph of
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gen. & sp. n. Top: Dorsal view of mandibles. Bottom: lateral view of head and thorax.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="93" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="93">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The lack of visible ocelli is unique among all other
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<taxonomicName family="Kalotermitidae" lsidName="" pageId="2" pageNumber="93" rank="family">Kalotermitidae</taxonomicName>
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. In
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<bibRefCitation author="Krishna, K" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="8" pageNumber="99" pagination="303 - 408" title="A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera)." volume="122" year="1961">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Krishna’s">Krishna's</normalizedToken>
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1961
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generic key,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes</taxonomicName>
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would lead to couplet 2 (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Epicalotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epicalotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="93" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epicalotermes</taxonomicName>
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).
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="94" type="soldier">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="94" start="start">Soldier</pageBreakToken>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">Monomorphic (Figs 4, 5). Eye spots prominent; large, dark brown. Frons bilobed in dorsal view, crested with rugose longitudinal wrinkles, rugosity below frons oriented longitudinally. Small horn-like projection at terminus of ventral genae. Mandibles sticklike; downward arching in lateral view. Dentition very weak; basal humps project sharply.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="94">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">
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Figure 4. Soldier (holotype) of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes ebogoensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebogoensis">Roisinitermes ebogoensis</taxonomicName>
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gen. & sp. n. Dorsal (A), lateral (B), and ventral (C) views of head and pronotum.
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<caption pageId="3" pageNumber="94">
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Figure 5. Dorsal view of frons and mandibles of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes ebogoensis" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebogoensis">Roisinitermes ebogoensis</taxonomicName>
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gen. n. sp. n. Inset: oblique ventral view of columnar hump (arrow).
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="94" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">
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Stick-like mandibles unique among all other kalotermitid soldiers. In
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<bibRefCitation author="Krishna, K" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="8" pageNumber="99" pagination="303 - 408" title="A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera)." volume="122" year="1961">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Krishna’s">Krishna's</normalizedToken>
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1961
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key,
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leads to couplet 17 (
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). In dorsal view, the mandibular blades of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Allotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Allotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Allotermes</taxonomicName>
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, especially
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<taxonomicName lsidName="A. denticulatus" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" rank="species" species="denticulatus">A. denticulatus</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation pageId="3" pageNumber="94">Krishna 1962</bibRefCitation>
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, somewhat resemble those of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes</taxonomicName>
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as those of the former are long, rather narrow and with rudimentary dentition. In lateral view, however, the
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<taxonomicName genus="Roisinititermes" lsidName="Roisinititermes" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" rank="genus">Roisinititermes</taxonomicName>
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mandibles differ from all other kalotermitids with projecting mandibles in that the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes</taxonomicName>
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mandibles arch downward. Although the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes</taxonomicName>
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imago venation and dentition is very similar to those of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Epicalotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epicalotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epicalotermes</taxonomicName>
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, the soldier of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Roisinitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Roisinitermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Roisinitermes</taxonomicName>
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shares no major characters with the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Epicalotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epicalotermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epicalotermes</taxonomicName>
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soldier.
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="94" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="94">The genus is named in honor of Dr. Yves Roisin for his many contributions to the study of termites.</paragraph>
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