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<mods:title>Tauritermes bandeirai: A new drywood termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Vasconcellos, Alexandre</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Laboratorio de Termitologia, CEP: 58051 - 900, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The soldier of 
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differs from soldiers of the other three 
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species by having a distinct and robust frontal horn and a roundly protruding dorsal horn (Fig. 
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). The dorsal and frontal horns of 
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(Silvestri, 1901) are more angular but much smaller, barely elevated above the frons in oblique view (Fig. 
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). In 
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Araujo &amp; Fontes, 1979, the dorsal horn is similar to that of 
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sp. nov., while the fronal horn is absent (
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, fig. 10). In 
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(Silvestri, 1901), the dorsal horn is more elevated and angular, while the frontal horn is also absent (Fig. 
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Imago of 
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sp. nov. (SA502) 
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dorsal and 
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lateral views of head and pronotum 
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right forewing.
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The 
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soldier differs from its congeners in that its frons and horns are more rugose, the basal mandible humps are broader and more angular, and the third antennal article is more club-shaped. Only 
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has a similarly shaped postmentum (Figs 
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, 
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). In 
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, the postmentum is posteriorly elongated (Fig. 
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) and in 
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it is posteriorly widened (
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, fig. 15).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Soldier of 
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sp. nov. (SA499) 
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dorsal 
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lateral 
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oblique, and 
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ventral views of head and pronotum. AC = antennal carina, DH = dorsal horn, FH = frontal horn, and GH = genal horn.
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The imago head and pronotum of 
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are mostly unremarkable, except for a relatively large ocellus in comparison with the rather small compound eye. Among kalotermitid genera, the forewing venation is closest to 
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Krishna with one diagnostic exception. In 
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, the median vein is not sclerotized and its terminus does not closely approach the radial sector (
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, fig. 5). In 
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, the distal third of the median vein is sclerotized and closely paralells the radial sector (Fig. 
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). The wing venation of 
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is similar to that of 
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, but no sclerotization is reported (
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, fig. 1).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Soldier of 
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(PA942) 
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dorsal 
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lateral 
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oblique, and 
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ventral views of head and pronotum. DH = dorsal horn and FH = frontal horn.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Description.</paragraph>
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(Fig. 
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, Table 
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). Head capsule and pronotum light brown. Compound eye obtusely triangular; ocellus a shade lighter than vertex, very large, and roundly ellipsoid; nearly touching eye margin. Vertex covered with about one dozen short setae. Pronotum about as wide as head capsule; anterior margin weakly emarginate in middle. Pronotum covered with a few dozen setae in middle, lateral margins with about one dozen setae each. Antennae with 15 articles, basal article relative lengths 1&gt;2&lt;3&gt;4. Fore wing with subcosta joining costal margin at about one-eighth of wing length from suture. Radius joining costal margin at one-third wing length; radial sector with about four anterior branches. Median vein becoming lightly sclerotized at distal third as it encroaches near the radial sector. Wing membrane and first 4-5 branches of cubitus lightly pigmented, concolorous with apical radial sector and median veins. Arolium present.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Table 1.</emphasis>
Measurements (mm) of the 
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sp. nov. imago.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head width, maximum (w/out eyes)</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.63-0.88</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.81</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head width, maximum (with eyes)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.70-1.04</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Pronotum, maximum width</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.98</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.90-1.08</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.85</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.83-0.90</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Eye diameter, maximum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.33</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.30-0.35</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.29</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.26-0.30</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Body length</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">5.54</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">4.56-6.32</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">5.08</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">4.88-5.36</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Right fore wing length</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">7.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">7.62-7.78</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">6.56</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">6.51-6.67</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Body length with wings</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">9.92</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">9.84-10.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">8.47</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">8.25-8.73</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Number of antennal articles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.954.52335.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/437118" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Soldier of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes taurocephalus</emphasis>
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(BO722) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">A</emphasis>
dorsal 
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lateral 
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oblique, and 
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ventral views of head and pronotum. DH = dorsal horn.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Soldier</emphasis>
(Fig. 
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, Table 
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). Head capsule, in dorsal view (Fig. 
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), dark castaneous brown from postclypeus to antennal carinae, grading to orange at occiput. Head capsule narrowing toward antennal carinae; antennal carinae rugose and visible from above. Frontal ridge V-shaped with deep median cleft. About a dozen fine setae on vertex and genae. Eye spots hyaline, narrowly elliptical. In lateral view (Fig. 
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), dorsal horns (or protuberances) forming a rounded shelf near right angle; frontal horns projecting above base of mandibles. Genal horns slightly posterior to frontal horns, anterior to dorsal horns. Pronotum shield-shaped, wider than head; anterior margin rugose, incised in middle with rounded anterior lobes. In oblique view (Fig. 
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), dorsal and frontal horns rising prominently from frons; horns and frons coarsely rugose. Postclypeus (Fig. 
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) forming elongated, nearly symmetrical hexagon. Third antennal article slightly club-shaped, relative article length 2&lt;3&gt;4=5. Mandibles two-fifths length of head capsule; basal humps robust, rugose; lateral margin of humps parallel. Outside margin of blade nearly straight from above, then curving at right angle at one-fifth from apex; apical tooth thick, marginal dentition weak. Mandibles curve evenly by about 15° in lateral view.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Table 2.</emphasis>
Measurements of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes bandeirai</emphasis>
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sp. nov. soldiers (n = 21) from nine colonies.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
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<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Mean</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Range</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head length to tip of mandibles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">2.12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.95-2.25</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head length to postclypeus</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.42</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.30-1.50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head width, maximum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.95-1.20</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Antennal carinae, outside span</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.08</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.98-1.18</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Span of dorsal horns</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.82</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.72-0.95</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Span of frontal horns</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.89</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.82-0.98</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Labrum, maximum width</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.25</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.21-0.32</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Pronotum, maximum width</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.98-1.19</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Pronotum, maximum length</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.82</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.70-0.93</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Left mandible length to ventral condyle</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">1.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.88-1.10</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Postmentum, maximum width</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.37</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.33-0.40</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Postmentum, minimum width</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.22</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.18-0.26</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Postmentum, length in middle</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.57</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.50-0.68</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Head height, excluding postmentum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.77-0.96</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Third antennal article length</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">0.09-0.18</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Number of antennal articles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">10.58</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">9-12</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="type material">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Type material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Holotype</emphasis>
soldier
</emphasis>
, Brazil: 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
da Mata (
<geoCoordinate degrees="7.1829" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="7.1829">7.1829</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="35.9767" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-35.9767">-35.9767</geoCoordinate>
); 659 meters A.S.L., 17AUG2000, A. Vasconcellos (AV); one soldier (labelled as holotype, Fig. 
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), one soldier and pseudergates (paratypes); University of Florida Termite Collection (UFTC) no. SA499, subsample from Universidade Federal da 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
Termite Collection (UPTC) no. 3160.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Other material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
Brazil: Bahia, Itagiba, Fa. Conjunto S. Luis (
<geoCoordinate degrees="14.2840" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-14.284">-14.2840</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="39.8428" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-39.8428">-39.8428</geoCoordinate>
), 194 m, 18MAR1994, Jan 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Křeček">Krecek</normalizedToken>
; one soldier, pseudergates; UFTC SA444. Bahia, Morro do 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Chapéu">Chapeu</normalizedToken>
(-11.6474, -41.2694), 974 m, 5NOV2015, AV; four soldiers, four imagos, pseudergates; SA504, 7309 (UFTC and UPTC accession numbers respectively). Bahia, Milagres (
<geoCoordinate degrees="11.6473" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-11.6473">-11.6473</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="39.8333" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-39.8333">-39.8333</geoCoordinate>
), 700 m, 16MAR2012, AV; four soldiers, pseudergates; 4362. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Maturéia">Matureia</normalizedToken>
(
<geoCoordinate degrees="7.2669" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-7.2669">-7.2669</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37.3514" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-37.3514">-37.3514</geoCoordinate>
); 700 m, 20MAY2000, AV; three soldiers, pseudergates; SA497, 1255. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
, Mamanguape (
<geoCoordinate degrees="6.8386" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-6.8386">-6.8386</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="35.1261" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-35.1261">-35.1261</geoCoordinate>
); 33 m, 24JUN2000, AV; two soldiers, pseudergates; SA498, 1799. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="João">Joao</normalizedToken>
Pessoa (
<geoCoordinate degrees="7.1554" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-7.1554">-7.1554</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="34.8731" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-34.8731">-34.8731</geoCoordinate>
); 53 m, 20DEC2012, AV; three soldiers, five imagos; SA502, 4747. 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba">Paraiba</normalizedToken>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
dos Cordeiros, RPPN Faz. Almas (
<geoCoordinate degrees="7.3905" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-7.3905">-7.3905</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="36.8083" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-36.8083">-36.8083</geoCoordinate>
), 523 m, 07MAR2003, AV; three soldiers, pseudergates; 4746. Pernambuco, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Buíque">Buique</normalizedToken>
(
<geoCoordinate degrees="8.5333" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-8.5333">-8.5333</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="37.2333" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-37.2333">-37.2333</geoCoordinate>
); 705 m, 16APR2009, AV; two soldiers, one imago, pseudergates; SA500, 3307. Pernambuco, Floresta Tacaratu (
<geoCoordinate degrees="8.6500" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-8.65">-8.6500</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="38.0167" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-38.0167">-38.0167</geoCoordinate>
); 924 m, 29JUN2010, A. A. V. O. Couto; one soldier, two imagos, pseudergates; SA503, 5014. Pernambuco, Igarassu (
<geoCoordinate degrees="7.8371" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-7.8371">-7.8371</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="35.0006" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-35.0006">-35.0006</geoCoordinate>
); 129 m, 10MAR2016, A. A. V. O. Couto; two soldiers, pseudergates; SA505, 8512.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
(Fig. 
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) Northeastern Brazil, Caatinga and Atlantic Forest biomes. 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
localities taken from the literature are given in Table 
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Table 3.</emphasis>
Localities of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. Taken from the literature and mapped in Fig. 
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<table pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Krishna" authorityYear="1961" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Tauritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tauritermes" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Location</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Latitude / Longitude</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Reference</th>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
Brazil: 
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</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-7.47, -36.87</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.007" author="Vasconcellos, A" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arid Environments" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="298 - 302" refId="B22" refString="Vasconcellos, A, Bandeira, AG, Moura, FMS, Araujo, VFP, Gusmao, MAB, Constantino, R, 2010. Termite assemblages in three habitats under different disturbance regimes in the semi-arid Caatinga of NE Brazil. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 298 - 302, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.007" title="Termite assemblages in three habitats under different disturbance regimes in the semi-arid Caatinga of NE Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.07.007" volume="74" year="2010">Vasconcellos et al. (2010)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Brazil: Mataraca</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-6.48, -34.93</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212005000200003" author="Vasconcellos, A" journalOrPublisher="Iheringia Serie Zoologia," pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="127 - 131" refId="B21" refString="Vasconcellos, A, Melo, ACS, Segundo, EDMV, Bandeira, AG, 2005. Termites from two Restinga forests of Northeastern Brazil. Iheringia Serie Zoologia, 95: 127 - 131, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212005000200003" title="Termites from two Restinga forests of Northeastern Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0073-47212005000200003" volume="95" year="2005">Vasconcellos et al. (2005)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Brazil:Amazonas, Manaus</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-3.1, -59.97</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2013.02.003" author="Dambros, CS" journalOrPublisher="Journal for Nature Conservation" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="279 - 285" refId="B3" refString="Dambros, CS, Silva, VNV, Azevedo, R, Morais, JW, 2013. Road-associated edge effects in Amazonia change termite community composition by modifying environmental conditions. Journal for Nature Conservation 21: 279 - 285, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2013.02.003" title="Road-associated edge effects in Amazonia change termite community composition by modifying environmental conditions." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2013.02.003" volume="21" year="2013">Dambros et al. (2013)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Brazil: &quot;Atlantic forest&quot;</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-5.93, -35.18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000013" author="Souza, HBDA" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="67 - 72" refId="B19" refString="Souza, HBDA, Alves, WDF, Vasconcellos, A, 2012. Termite assemblages in five semideciduous Atlantic Forest fragments in the northern coastland limit of the biome. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 56: 67 - 72, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000013" title="Termite assemblages in five semideciduous Atlantic Forest fragments in the northern coastland limit of the biome." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000013" volume="56" year="2012">Souza et al. (2012)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
Brazil: Bahia, Mata de S. 
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</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-12.97, -38.51</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12120" author="Cancello, EM" journalOrPublisher="Biotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="441 - 450" refId="B2" refString="Cancello, EM, Silva, RR, Vasconcellos, A, Reis, YT, Oliveira, LM, 2014. Latitudinal variation in termite species richness and abundance along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot. Biotropica 46: 441 - 450, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12120" title="Latitudinal variation in termite species richness and abundance along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12120" volume="46" year="2014">Cancello et al. (2014)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="T." lsidName="T." pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Picomayo P. Nat.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<geoCoordinate degrees="25.109" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-25.109">-25.109</geoCoordinate>
, 
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" author="Roisin, Y" journalOrPublisher="Austral Ecology" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="637 - 646" refId="B13" refString="Roisin, Y, Leponce, M, 2004. Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco. Austral Ecology 29 (6): 637 - 646, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" title="Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" volume="29" year="2004">Roisin and Leponce (2004)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Corrientes</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-27.49, -58.8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Torales, GJ" journalOrPublisher="Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="47 - 53" refId="B20" refString="Torales, GJ, Laffont, ER, Arbino, MO, Godoy, MC, 1997. Primera lista faunistica de los isopteros de la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 56: 47 - 53" title="Primera lista faunistica de los isopteros de la Argentina." volume="56" year="1997">Torales et al. (1997)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
Brazil: Mato Grosso, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Corumbá">Corumba</normalizedToken>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-19.02, -57.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" author="Silvestri, F" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B18" refString="Silvestri, F, 1901. Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino 16 (389): 1 - 8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" title="Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" volume="16" year="1901">Silvestri (1901)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Chaco, Captain Solari</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-26.8, -59.56</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" author="Godoy, MC" journalOrPublisher="Neotropical Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="163 - 167" refId="B5" refString="Godoy, MC, 2004. Gut structure of two species of the Neotropical genus Tauritermes Krishna (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Neotropical Entomology 33 (2): 163 - 167, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" title="Gut structure of two species of the Neotropical genus Tauritermes Krishna (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" volume="33" year="2004">Godoy (2004)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName genus="Artentina" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="genus">Artentina</taxonomicName>
: Formosa, Pres. Irigoyen Dept.
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-26.18, -58.85</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" author="Godoy, MC" journalOrPublisher="Neotropical Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="163 - 167" refId="B5" refString="Godoy, MC, 2004. Gut structure of two species of the Neotropical genus Tauritermes Krishna (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Neotropical Entomology 33 (2): 163 - 167, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" title="Gut structure of two species of the Neotropical genus Tauritermes Krishna (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200006" volume="33" year="2004">Godoy (2004)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Formosa, P. N. Picomayo</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<geoCoordinate degrees="25.066" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-25.066">-25.066</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="58.089" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-58.089">-58.089</geoCoordinate>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" author="Roisin, Y" journalOrPublisher="Austral Ecology" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="637 - 646" refId="B13" refString="Roisin, Y, Leponce, M, 2004. Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco. Austral Ecology 29 (6): 637 - 646, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" title="Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x" volume="29" year="2004">Roisin and Leponce (2004)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
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</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Formosa, P. N. Picomayo</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<geoCoordinate degrees="25.026" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-25.026">-25.026</geoCoordinate>
, 
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Salta, Urundel</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-23.56, -64.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Fontes, LR" editor="Fontes, LR" journalOrPublisher="Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="309 - 412" refId="B4" refString="Fontes, LR, 1998. Novos aditamentos ao &quot;Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo&quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae. In: Fontes, LR, Vulcano, M, Eds., Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento. Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo: 309 - 412" title="Novos aditamentos ao &quot; Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo &quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae." volumeTitle="Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento." year="1998">Fontes (1998)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. taurocephalus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="taurocephalus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. taurocephalus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Salta, Urundel</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-23.56, -64.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Fontes, LR" editor="Fontes, LR" journalOrPublisher="Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="309 - 412" refId="B4" refString="Fontes, LR, 1998. Novos aditamentos ao &quot;Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo&quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae. In: Fontes, LR, Vulcano, M, Eds., Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento. Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo: 309 - 412" title="Novos aditamentos ao &quot; Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo &quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae." volumeTitle="Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento." year="1998">Fontes (1998)</bibRefCitation>
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</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. triceromegas" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="triceromegas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. triceromegas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Cordoba, Cosquin</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-31.24, -64.47</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" author="Silvestri, F" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="1 - 8" refId="B18" refString="Silvestri, F, 1901. Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino 16 (389): 1 - 8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" title="Nota preliminare sui Termitidi sud-americani." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.26628" volume="16" year="1901">Silvestri (1901)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. triceromegas" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="triceromegas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. triceromegas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Corrientes, Concepcion</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-27.48, -57.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Torales, GJ" journalOrPublisher="Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="47 - 53" refId="B20" refString="Torales, GJ, Laffont, ER, Arbino, MO, Godoy, MC, 1997. Primera lista faunistica de los isopteros de la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 56: 47 - 53" title="Primera lista faunistica de los isopteros de la Argentina." volume="56" year="1997">Torales et al. (1997)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. triceromegas" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="triceromegas">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. triceromegas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Argentina: Salta, La Estrella</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-23.82, -64.07</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Fontes, LR" editor="Fontes, LR" journalOrPublisher="Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="309 - 412" refId="B4" refString="Fontes, LR, 1998. Novos aditamentos ao &quot;Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo&quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae. In: Fontes, LR, Vulcano, M, Eds., Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento. Fundacao de Estudos Agrarios Luiz de Queiroz, Sao Paulo: 309 - 412" title="Novos aditamentos ao &quot; Catalogo dos Isoptera do Novo Mundo &quot;, e uma filogenia para os generos neotropicais de Nasutitermitinae." volumeTitle="Cupins: o Desafio do Conhecimento." year="1998">Fontes (1998)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. vitulus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="vitulus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. vitulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-26.9, -49.1</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Araujo, RL" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="29 - 34" refId="B1" refString="Araujo, RL, Fontes, LR, 1979. Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 23 (1): 29 - 34" title="Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)." volume="23" year="1979">Araujo and Fontes (1979)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. vitulus" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="vitulus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. vitulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">Brazil: Santa Catarina, Itapema</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">-27.1, -48.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rowspan="1">
<bibRefCitation author="Araujo, RL" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="29 - 34" refId="B1" refString="Araujo, RL, Fontes, LR, 1979. Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 23 (1): 29 - 34" title="Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)." volume="23" year="1979">Araujo and Fontes (1979)</bibRefCitation>
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</table>
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.954.52335.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/437119" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Map of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the literature and UFTC. Biomes are shown for Brazil. See 
<bibRefCitation author="Scheffrahn, RH" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" publicationUrl="https://www.termitediversity.org/" refId="B16" refString="Scheffrahn, RH, 2019b. UF Termite database. University of Florida termite collection. https://www.termitediversity.org/" title="UF Termite database. University of Florida termite collection." url="https://www.termitediversity.org/" year="2019 b">Scheffrahn (2019b)</bibRefCitation>
for UFTC data and Table 
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for literature references.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Named for Dr. Adelmar Gomes Bandeira, the graduate and post-graduate advisor of AV who died in 2019. Dr. Bandeira was one of the first termitologists to work on termite ecology in the New World.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="75" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
The colonies of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. bandeirai" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="bandeirai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. bandeirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected inside dry trunks in the beginning stages of decomposition (diameter&gt; 3cm) and in dead terminal branches still attached to the trunks, both in areas of Caatinga and Atlantic Forest. In the Caatinga, colonies of 
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. bandeirai" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="bandeirai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. bandeirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were relatively easy to extract from dead terminal branches of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="J. B. Gillett" authorityYear="1980" baseAuthorityName="Mart." class="Magnoliopsida" family="Burseraceae" genus="Commiphora" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Commiphora leptophloeos" order="Sapindales" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="leptophloeos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Commiphora leptophloeos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mart.) J.B. Gillett (
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). This tree is also a &quot;hot spot&quot; for collecting other kalotermitids, such as 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Cryptotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Neotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Rugitermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
Using light traps over a year (December 2017 to November 2018) in a Caatinga area located in the municipality of 
<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="José">Jose</normalizedToken>
dos Cordeiros, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Paraíba-Brazil">Paraiba-Brazil</normalizedToken>
, the alates of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">T. bandeirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected five times; once in December, thrice in January, and once in February. This period represents a transition between the dry and rainy season in the area. For the Atlantic Forest, alates were recorded in wood in March, June, and December.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="75">
There are no records of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn &amp; Vasconcellos" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Tauritermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tauritermes bandeirai" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bandeirai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes bandeirai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
infestations in buildings, either in urban or agricultural environments. Other 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="75">Tauritermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species infest sound, dry wood (RHS, unpubl.) and are even structural pests (
<bibRefCitation author="Araujo, RL" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="75" pagination="29 - 34" refId="B1" refString="Araujo, RL, Fontes, LR, 1979. Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 23 (1): 29 - 34" title="Notes on the Neotropical genus Tauritermes, with a new species from Brasil (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)." volume="23" year="1979">Araujo and Fontes 1979</bibRefCitation>
).
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