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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1826" ID-GBIF-Dataset="ec74d754-cd38-470c-9f85-d2e2df6b08e3" ID-PMC="PMC3264403" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-148-55" ID-PubMed="22287891" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2011" ModsDocID="1313-2970-148-55" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 148" ModsDocTitle="Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea" checkinTime="1451249622597" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bourguignon, Thomas & Roisin, Yves" docDate="2011" docId="6779A127411059ABFD39D110F046C667" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 148: 55-103" docOrigin="ZooKeys 148" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1826" docTitle="Coptotermes pamuae Snyder 1925" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="63" masterDocId="AC49FFE0822E282FFFAFFFB4FFBDFFE4" masterDocTitle="Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea" masterLastPageNumber="103" masterPageNumber="55" pageNumber="63" updateTime="1668152774690" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the termite family Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) in New Guinea</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bourguignon, Thomas</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Roisin, Yves</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2011</mods:date>
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<mods:number>148</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1826</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.148.1826</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-148-55</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152032249" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6779A127411059ABFD39D110F046C667" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6779A127411059ABFD39D110F046C667" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Coptotermes_pamuae" authority="Snyder, 1925" authorityName="Snyder" authorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes pamuae" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pamuae">Coptotermes pamuae Snyder, 1925</taxonomicName>
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Figs 22-2531
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes pamuae" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pamuae">Coptotermes pamuae</taxonomicName>
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Snyder, 1925: 402.
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Paratype soldier from type colony:SOLOMON ISLANDS:San Cristobal: Pamua, viii.1916 (W.M. Mann) (AMNH). PAPUA NEW GUINEA:National Capital: UPNG campus, 04.xii.1988 (YR) (#PNGT1338); Central: Varirata National Park, 06.xii.1988 (YR & Phille P. Daur) (#PNGT1348); Fly: Morehead, 27.iii.1989 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1466); Wipim, 30.iii.1989 (YR & ML) (#PNGT1486).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="imago">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Imago.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="soldier">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Soldier.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">(Figs 22-25). Soldiers of medium size. Head elongated, egg-shaped, slightly larger posteriorly than anteriorly, covered by about 30 setae. Fontanelle narrow, with opening directed forward. Antennae generally with 13 articles, sometimes with 14 articles. Pronotum short and narrow, covered by about 40 setae. Mandibles elongated, slightly curved at tip. Measurements (mm) of 1 paratype and 12 soldiers from 4 colonies (parentheses): HLF: 1.28 (1.11-1.27); HLL: 1.70 (1.58-1.79); HW: 1.12 (1.00-1.10); PL: 0.41 (0.31-0.44); PW: 0.79 (0.63-0.74); RML: 0.77 (0.89-0.98); MPW: 0.37 (0.28-0.32); T3L: 0.82 (0.92-1.08).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">
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Figures 22-25.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes pamuae" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pamuae">Coptotermes pamuae</taxonomicName>
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. Soldier: 22 head; 23 pronotum; 24 left mandible; 25 right mandible. Scale bars: 2:2 0.5mm; 23, 24, 25: 0.2mm.
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="63" type="comparisons">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Comparisons.</paragraph>
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This species is closely related and imperfectly separated from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes grandiceps" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandiceps">Coptotermes grandiceps</taxonomicName>
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. However, the size and morphological differences between the two species are high enough to retain them as distinct taxa, even though some individuals cannot be unambiguously assigned. The same was already observed in the related Australian species
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes acinaciformis" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acinaciformis">Coptotermes acinaciformis</taxonomicName>
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Froggatt, which is believed to form a species complex (
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<bibRefCitation author="Brown, WV" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pageId="29" pageNumber="84" pagination="305 - 328" title="Preliminary examination of cuticular hydrocarbons of worker termites as chemotaxonomic characters for some Australian species of Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)." volume="16" year="1990">Brown et al. 1990</bibRefCitation>
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). The main criteria differentiating
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes pamuae" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pamuae">Coptotermes pamuae</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Rhinotermitidae" genus="Coptotermes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coptotermes grandiceps" order="Blattodea" pageId="8" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandiceps">Coptotermes grandiceps</taxonomicName>
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are its smaller soldiers with less hairy pronotum and less curved mandibles.
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="63">(Fig. 31). This species, originally described from the Solomon Islands, was only collected in southern Papua New Guinea (Fly savannas and the Port Moresby region).</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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