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<mods:title>Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Castro, Daniel</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Constantini, Joice P.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Carrijo, Tiago F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Cancello, Eliana M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>922</mods:number>
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<mods:start>35</mods:start>
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<mods:end>49</mods:end>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-922-35</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">462604F5F07B4F739DEE7346D230ABCA</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="163290390" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:95C95B44-17A3-464D-AC58-ADE9F3BC168D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D8E52D7339E539F82866FD6B9652BE3" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<taxonomicName LSID="4D8E52D7-339E-539F-8286-6FD6B9652BE3" authority="Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn" authorityName="Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Rustitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rustitermes boteroi" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boteroi" status="sp. nov.">Rustitermes boteroi Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="35">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Worker from colony labeled as UF no. PU602; the holotype is kept in a separate small vial in the same vial as the paratypes.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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PERU.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Ucayali</emphasis>
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, Nueva Requena,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="8.37007" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-8.37007">-8.37007</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="74.84366" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-74.84366">-74.84366</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="type repository">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Type repository.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Termite Collection in Davie, Florida.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Paratypes</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Argentina.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Corrientes</emphasis>
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, Santo Tome, (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="28.57900" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-28.579">-28.57900</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="56.0840" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-56.084">-56.0840</geoCoordinate>
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), 1.JUL.1998, 93 m, J.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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coll. (UF no. AG360). BOLIVIA.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Cochabamba</emphasis>
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, Chapare, Villa Tunari, (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="18.15343" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-18.15343">-18.15343</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="60.03293" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-60.03293">-60.03293</geoCoordinate>
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), 26.MAY.2013, 408 m, Chase,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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, Mullins, Nishimura, Mangold, and Scheffrahn coll. (UF no. BO85).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Beni</emphasis>
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, San Javier, (
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), 29.MAY.2013, Chase,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Alagoas</emphasis>
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), 20.JUN.2016, 43 m, JP Constantini coll. (MZUSP 26652); 21.JUN.2016, (MZUSP 26676(a), 26677*).
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), 01-20.JUN.2000, 66 m, A Vasconcellos coll. (MZUSP 13710, 13711).
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), s/d, 88m, A Vasconcellos coll. (MZUSP 13702). COLOMBIA.
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), 13.JUL.2018, 126 m, D. Castro coll. (CATAC-3137).
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), 23.APR.2018, 280 m, H Artunduaga coll. (CATAC-3688); (+
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), 24.FEB.2016, 252 m, Y. Virguez coll. (CATAC-1793); (+
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="75.90591" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-75.90591">-75.90591</geoCoordinate>
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), 28.JAN.2017, 758 m, D. Castro coll. (CATAC-0954); Florencia, (+
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="75.61369" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-75.61369">-75.61369</geoCoordinate>
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), 29.MAR.2016, 527 m, Y. Virguez coll. (CATAC-1781); San Vicente del Caguan, (+
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<geoCoordinate degrees="2.03560" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="2.0356">2.03560</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="74.91294" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-74.91294">-74.91294</geoCoordinate>
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), 14.APR.2018, 339 m, CP
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Peña">Pena</normalizedToken>
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coll. (CATAC-1797). ECUADOR.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Orellana</emphasis>
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, Tuptini, (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.67177" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-0.67177">-0.67177</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="76.39793" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-76.39793">-76.39793</geoCoordinate>
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), 28.APR.2011, 223 m, Scheffrahn, Chase, Mangold,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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, Myles, Nishimura and Setter coll. (UF no. EC400). FRENCH GUIANA.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Cayenne</emphasis>
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, Sinnamary, (+
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="52.98479" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-52.98479">-52.98479</geoCoordinate>
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), 13.FEB.2008, 102 m, J.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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coll. (UF no. FG411). PARAGUAY.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Central</emphasis>
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,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ypacaraí">Ypacarai</normalizedToken>
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, (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="25.38044" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-25.38044">-25.38044</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="57.20014" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-57.20014">-57.20014</geoCoordinate>
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), 27MAY2012, 248 m, Scheffrahn, Chase, Mangold,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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and Myles coll. (UF no. PA8). PERU.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Ucayali</emphasis>
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, Nueva Requena, (
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<geoCoordinate degrees="8.37007" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-8.37007">-8.37007</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="74.84366" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-74.84366">-74.84366</geoCoordinate>
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), 29.APR.2014, 185 m, Carrijo, Chase, Constantino, Mangold, Mullins,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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, Kuswanto, Nishimura, and Scheffrahn coll. (UF no. PU602, PU613). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Anse Fourmi</emphasis>
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, Manson Hall, (+
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="60.60133" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-60.60133">-60.60133</geoCoordinate>
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), 31.MAY.1996, 472 m, Chase, Mangold,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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, and Scheffrahn coll. (UF no. TT619).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Guayaguayare</emphasis>
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,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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Claro-Mayaro (+10.23516, - 61,13266), 20.MAY.2003, 41 m, Chase, Mangold,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
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, and Scheffrahn coll. (UF no. TT1614). VENEZUELA.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Bolívar">Bolivar</normalizedToken>
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</emphasis>
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, Cantarrana, (+
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<geoCoordinate degrees="4.46750" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="4.4675">4.46750</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="61.59694" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-61.59694">-61.59694</geoCoordinate>
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), 29.APR.2004, 874 m, J. Perozo coll. (UF no. VZ1443.1).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Unarmed enteric valve with six slightly asymmetrical cushions, each one forms a central pouch made of about sixty scales, smaller than those between the cushions.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Imago</emphasis>
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.
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As described for the genus.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Worker</emphasis>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Rustitermes boteroi sp. nov. A, B worker head capsule in dorsal and lateral view C imago mandibles D worker mandibles E worker right fore tibia F live habitus of worker. MP = molar process. Specimens from lot CATAC 1797 (A, B), MZUSP 26677 (C, D), BO 437 (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.922.47347.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/393907" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Worker enteric valve of Rustitermes boteroi sp. nov. A EV fully stretched laterally, showing the six cushions (end cushion bisected) B EV detail of smallest cushion in A C whole mount EV lateral profile of cushions. Food flow in each image from bottom to top." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.922.47347.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/393909" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">4</figureCitation>
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; Table
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Measurements (mm) of 9 colonies (n = 10) of Rustitermes boteroi sp. nov. L = length, W = width." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/A2AEE297724C1F4D3AD0CF90089E31B8" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" tableUuid="A2AEE297724C1F4D3AD0CF90089E31B8">2</tableCitation>
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). Monomorphic, head capsule with long and short bristles, with more abundance of long bristles. Head capsule color varying between whitish and yellowish. Antennae with 14 articles densely covered with short hairs and some long bristles. Pronotum with long bristles, concentrated along the margins of the anterior and posterior lobes, with some sparse short bristles in the center of the pronotum. Inner face of fore tibia with two rows of 6-7 thick bristles. Inner face of fore femur with thick bristles. Mesotibia and metatibia with 25-35 long, thick bristles.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Enteric valve without armature, with six pyriform cushions of slightly different dimensions, each cushion consisting of 50-75 (depending on size of cushion) larger fringed polygons. The cuticle between the cushions is composed of even larger fringed cuboidal scales assembled close to P3.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">See remarks for genus.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Ecology and distribution.</paragraph>
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This species was collected mainly in soil, although it can also be found at the base of trees or occasionally under pieces of wood or fallen tree limbs above ground. Very common in pastures and open areas; found in young rubber crops in great abundance, less abundant in natural forests. Range: from Trinidad and Tobago to northern Argentina and the Atlantic Forest in Brazil (see discussion below); no known records for Chile and Uruguay (Figure
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Distribution map of Rustitermes boteroi sp. nov. Collection data from the following collections: CATAC (SINCHI Institute), MZUSP (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo) and UF (University of Florida)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.922.47347.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/393911" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">6</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.922.47347.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/393911" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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Distribution map of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Constantini, Castro & Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Rustitermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rustitermes boteroi" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="boteroi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Rustitermes boteroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. Collection data from the following collections: CATAC (SINCHI Institute), MZUSP (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo) and UF (University of Florida).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Named in honor of the great Colombian artist Fernando Botero.</paragraph>
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