treatments-xml/data/03/DC/B7/03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

325 lines
42 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="01D0EA399A9145F80FF0A297BDB8F631" ID-CLB-Dataset="293414" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.8" ID-GBIF-Dataset="136ccdf8-2a54-4ba5-9e9e-f6a735092138" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10959489" IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe" IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1712830744934" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Scheffrahn, Rudolf H." docDate="2024" docId="03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B" docLanguage="en" docName="zootaxa.5437.1.8.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 5437 (1)" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.8" docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="9" docTitle="Cryptotermes cubicoceps" docType="treatment" docVersion="2" lastPageNumber="124" masterDocId="FFE5CF760075E044FFDB2B36FFB2FFC3" masterDocTitle="Cryptotermes cubicoceps (Emerson, 1925) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), redescription of a lost Guyanese termite" masterLastPageNumber="124" masterPageNumber="121" pageNumber="122" updateTime="1712831514581" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:mods id="50CA77B69F5FE7062ADEBABB0EFD96FF" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="2BAF6CB444108CB1E7C14AF7B57FE756">
<mods:title id="953774C3EF16AC82A6BD8B99D558370D">Cryptotermes cubicoceps (Emerson, 1925) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), redescription of a lost Guyanese termite</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="2BF7FF0E26B655C84142C0F0DF3DE737" type="personal">
<mods:role id="E40D6FA8F4AF7532681AE72023C0C580">
<mods:roleTerm id="F6316C5FE71FEE01AB7D61A54D7B09DE">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="72B6B8840FBDA3C6AB638949CBDE9D80">Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="606833A09DED49CABB88D768E7C7705C">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="B0547700133F8F757BF099C9920D48CB" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="98D13E919D530B6E83C78E75FBA4A6F7">
<mods:title id="1B77417BD346193E41F28336AE0B0C21">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="92C35F66F013B7AAA3C118BE2A2C3401">
<mods:date id="259E0F72A6905816E77115A70AD294C1">2024</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="E808CE30D6F479A53D9049AC4769C852" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="4193E036C111DCE98164DDE57AAB581F">2024-04-11</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="EB801F17C9A7174D5DE012EB0063C267" type="volume">
<mods:number id="7995AEDC8C7A4F93A9DBDA12547876AF">5437</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="EA166A49C022F718A3816B3C5CDEF523" type="issue">
<mods:number id="2A5C8C7A63A965ACF83CF4DF2F2932D8">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="D70D9EBBC974582C338EC84871D1E336" unit="page">
<mods:start id="BFE8F99E561674414495F03EB0704D11">121</mods:start>
<mods:end id="E09D38A435001DE2472EF477D98BE027">124</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location id="9132D813D82E1D74A302A89EA39ED616">
<mods:url id="A9E7D4C0D33ECFBADFDE49CBC691C7FE">http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.8</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification id="37A18DE585A5DAF04428D9A9CDBD4851">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="273C595612DDAEA86F599AC0C6303E9F" type="CLB-Dataset">293414</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="FF6132A65ABD665AA7C1CD8333D9F956" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.8</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="59B6AE05FF6900C7800B522F87BEA7B7" type="GBIF-Dataset">136ccdf8-2a54-4ba5-9e9e-f6a735092138</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="4D83DFFF097C408ACE3C9F91C87C348E" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="67283B51665CF479AB23933A3D95485C" type="Zenodo-Dep">10959489</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="18FA7E804FDDD8C3567AFBC4B5669005" type="ZooBank">C97FA4F1-D30C-497A-A13C-A19AF2BA46D8</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959473" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10959473" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="124" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<subSubSection id="C36F55930074E045FF4C2AC8FD2AFDD4" box="[151,664,509,536]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF4C2AC8FD2AFDD4" blockId="1.[151,1437,509,968]" box="[151,664,509,536]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<heading id="D082B1740074E045FF4C2AC8FD2AFDD4" bold="true" box="[151,664,509,536]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0074E045FF4C2AC8FD2AFDD4" ID-CoL="322ZM" authority="(Emerson, 1925)" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[151,664,509,536]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF4C2AC8FD2AFDD4" bold="true" box="[151,664,509,536]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF4C2AC8FE76FDDB" bold="true" box="[151,452,509,536]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Cryptotermes cubicoceps</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90074E045FE082ACBFD22FDD4" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[467,656,509,535]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson, 1925</bibRefCitation>
)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F55930074E045FF4C2915FBB1FDF8" box="[151,1027,547,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF4C2915FBB1FDF8" blockId="1.[151,1437,509,968]" box="[151,1027,547,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB6521360074E045FF4C2915FBB1FDF8" box="[151,1027,547,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<treatmentCitation id="0AD420090074E045FF4C2915FC9BFDFF" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[151,809,547,572]" page="331" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" year="1925">
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0074E045FF4C2915FC9BFDFF" ID-CoL="3QZGG" authority="Emerson, 1925: 330 - 331" authorityName="Emerson" authorityPageNumber="330 - 331" authorityYear="1925" box="[151,809,547,572]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps" subGenus="Cryptotermes">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF4C2915FEBEFDF8" box="[151,268,547,571]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Kalotermes</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FEC02912FE17FDF8" box="[283,421,548,571]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Cryptotermes</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FE682915FD96FDF8" box="[435,548,547,571]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">cubicoceps</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90074E045FDF12912FC9BFDFF" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[554,809,547,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson, 1925: 330331</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
(soldier), figs. 31de
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F55930074E046FF4C297EFB72F878" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF4C297EFC92FDA3" blockId="1.[151,1437,509,968]" box="[151,800,583,608]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<materialsCitation id="3B1D0C450074E045FF4C297EFC92FDA3" box="[151,800,583,608]" country="Guyana" latitude="6.383333" location="Kartabo" longLatPrecision="1304" longitude="-58.7" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF4C297EFE9CFD9C" bold="true" box="[151,302,583,608]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" reason="1">
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0074E045FF4C297EFF7DFDA3" box="[151,207,584,608]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F36246880074E045FEEF2971FE66FD9C" box="[308,468,583,607]" name="Guyana" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">British Guiana</collectingCountry>
;
<location id="8EAA50C30074E045FE042971FD87FD9C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B:8EAA50C30074E045FE042971FD87FD9C" box="[479,565,583,607]" country="Guyana" latitude="6.383333" longLatPrecision="1304" longitude="-58.7" name="Kartabo" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Kartabo</location>
(
<geoCoordinate id="EE4160DF0074E045FD9F2971FD00FD9C" box="[580,690,583,608]" degrees="58" direction="west" minutes="42" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" precision="925" value="-58.7">58° 42 W</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4160DF0074E045FD672971FCAAFDA3" box="[700,792,583,608]" degrees="6" direction="north" minutes="23" orientation="latitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" precision="925" value="6.383333">6° 23 N</geoCoordinate>
)
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF1C295AFE28FC98" blockId="1.[151,1437,509,968]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF1C295AFE1DFD47" box="[199,431,619,644]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF1C295AFEBCFD40" bold="true" box="[199,270,620,643]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Imago</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FEFB295DFE11FD47" box="[288,419,619,644]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetId="figure-323@1.[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head capsule and pronotum of Cryptotermes cubicoceps imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Figs. 2AB</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
First description. Head capsule and pronotum pale yellow. Compound eye small, ellipsoid. Ocellus very faint light yellow, about half diameter of eye, roundly ellipsoid; nearly touching eye margin. Vertex with a few very short setae. Pronotum as wide as head with eyes; anterior margin shallowly concave, posterior margin concave near middle. Pronotum lateral margins each with about one dozen setae of various lengths. Antennae with 14 articles, basal article relative lengths 2=3&gt;4=5. Wing membrane hyaline, veins pale yellow. Fore wing with costa, subcostal, radius, and radial sector sclerotized; unsclerotized media terminating at radial sector about two thirds wing length from suture. Arolium present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF1C285EFEA6FC0B" blockId="1.[151,1437,509,968]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Measurements (mm, mean, n=2). Head maximum width with eyes 0.89; head max. width without eyes 0.79; pronotum max. width 0.88; eye max. diameter 0.26; total body length 4.00; right forewing length from scale 6.25; body length with wings 7.40.</paragraph>
<caption id="DF0A56900074E045FF4C2EE4FB46FA29" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10959493" box="[151,1268,1490,1515]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" startId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" targetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" targetPageId="1" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF4C2EE4FB46FA29" blockId="1.[151,1268,1490,1515]" box="[151,1268,1490,1515]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF4C2EE4FEABFA29" bold="true" box="[151,281,1490,1514]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Head capsule and pronotum of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0074E045FDB52EE5FCCEFA29" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[622,892,1490,1514]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FDB52EE5FCCEFA29" box="[622,892,1490,1514]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Cryptotermes cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E045FF1C2D2CFA80F859" blockId="1.[151,1437,1562,2019]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF1C2D2CFE07F9F0" box="[199,437,1562,1587]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0074E045FF1C2D2CFEA4F9F1" bold="true" box="[199,278,1562,1586]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Soldier</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FEFE2D2CFE1BF9F0" box="[293,425,1562,1587]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,307,1751]" captionTargetId="figure-81@2.[151,1435,307,1751]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 3. Head capsule of the soldier of Cryptotermes cubicoceps.:A) dorsal, B) lateral, C) oblique frontal, D) posterior, E) ventral, and F) ventral oblique view of anterolateral margin (FF = frontal flange, FH = frontal horn, GH = genal horn, RM = right mandible)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959495/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Figs. 3 AF</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Head, in lateral view, pale orange along the ventral half of a diagonal line from the posterior vertex almost to the antennal sulcus; dorsal to this region quickly grading to black. Anterior margin of pronotum light brown, grading to hyaline at posterior. In dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FD0E2D54FC98F9B8" box="[725,810,1634,1659]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetId="figure-323@1.[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head capsule and pronotum of Cryptotermes cubicoceps imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
), posterior margin of head capsule truncate, lateral margins parallel; frontal flange evenly concave, slightly elevated. Anterolateral corners of flange form rounded knobs; frontal horns form thumb-like projections between the flange corners and mandible bases. In lateral view (
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FB362D9CFAF1F900" box="[1261,1347,1706,1731]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetId="figure-323@1.[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head capsule and pronotum of Cryptotermes cubicoceps imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) frontal horns hemispherical; eyespots faintly visible. In oblique view (
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FCEE2DF8FC35F924" box="[821,903,1742,1767]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetId="figure-323@1.[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head capsule and pronotum of Cryptotermes cubicoceps imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
) vertex concave, less rugose than frons; frons and postclypeus very rugose. Frontal flange incised in posterior and ventral view (
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0074E045FC192DC4FB89F8C8" box="[962,1083,1778,1803]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="1.[151,255,1490,1514]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetId="figure-323@1.[151,1435,991,1466]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 2. Head capsule and pronotum of Cryptotermes cubicoceps imago: A) dorsal, B) lateral views." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959493" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959493/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">Figs. 2EF</figureCitation>
). Head capsule with two posterior setae; pronotum with about eight setae of various lengths along lateral margins. Posterior margin of pronotum evenly serrated, upturned; incised in congruence with flange; posterior margin barely concave. Genal horns barely developed and posterior to frontal horns. Mandibles short, wide, with weak dentition; outer margins angled about 45°; basal humps lacking. Labrum very short and narrow; translucent. Antennae white, with 12 articles; basal formula 2&gt;3=4&lt;5.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180074E046FF1C2C91FEA6FED8" blockId="1.[151,1437,1562,2019]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,284]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="1" pageNumber="122">
Measurements in mm, of the single
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0074E045FD902C91FD2DF87C" box="[587,671,1959,1983]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
soldier. Comparable measurements by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90074E045FB932C91FB47F87D" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[1096,1269,1958,1982]" pageId="1" pageNumber="122" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson (1925)</bibRefCitation>
in parentheses: Head length to tip of mandibles 1.41 (2.65); head length to tip of frontal horns 1.23, frontal flange width 1.01; frontal horns, outside span 0.81; genal horns, outside span 0.94; head width, maximum 1.07 (2.12); head width, minimum (behind frontal horns) 1.06; head height, excluding postmentum 0.86; pronotum, maximum length 0.67 (1.23); pronotum, maximum width 0.91 (1.88); left mandible length, tip to ventral condyle 0.59; hind tibia length 0.57 (1.25) total length 3.30 (5.88).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF0A56900077E046FF4C2DD9FE38F88C" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959495" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10959495" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959495/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" startId="2.[151,255,1775,1799]" targetBox="[151,1435,307,1751]" targetPageId="2" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180077E046FF4C2DD9FE38F88C" blockId="2.[151,1436,1775,1871]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FF4C2DD9FEA5F8C4" bold="true" box="[151,279,1775,1799]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Head capsule of the soldier of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0077E046FD8C2DC6FCD1F8C4" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[599,867,1775,1799]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FD8C2DC6FCD1F8C4" box="[599,867,1775,1799]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">Cryptotermes cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.: A) dorsal, B) lateral, C) oblique frontal, D) posterior, E) ventral, and F) ventral oblique view of anterolateral margin (FF = frontal flange, FH = frontal horn, GH = genal horn, RM = right mandible).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180077E046FF1C2C49FB72F878" blockId="2.[151,1436,1919,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FF1C2C49FE1BF854" bold="true" box="[199,425,1919,1943]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" reason="1">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B1D0C450077E046FE692CB6FB72F878" collectingDate="1990-03-30" collectionCode="UFTC, JPEC" collectorName="Darlington" country="Trinidad and Tobago" latitude="10.693" location="Vial" longLatPrecision="77" longitude="-61.752" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="neotype">
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0077E046FE692CB6FDBEF85B" box="[434,524,1920,1944]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" type="neotype">Neotype</typeStatus>
soldier, two winged imagos in
<collectionCode id="ED649EDD0077E046FCB72C49FC02F854" box="[876,944,1919,1943]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">UFTC</collectionCode>
vial no. TT2383.
<location id="8EAA50C30077E046FBA72C49FB1AF854" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DCB70E0074E047FF4C2AC8FD55FC0B:8EAA50C30077E046FBA72C49FB1AF854" box="[1148,1192,1919,1943]" country="Trinidad and Tobago" latitude="10.693" longLatPrecision="77" longitude="-61.752" name="Vial" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">Vial</location>
in the
<collectionCode id="ED649EDD0077E046FB212C49FA8CF854" box="[1274,1342,1919,1943]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">UFTC</collectionCode>
labelled “
<collectingCountry id="F36246880077E046FF7B2C95FE31F878" box="[160,387,1955,1979]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">Trinidad and Tobago</collectingCountry>
, Chacachacare island;
<geoCoordinate id="EE4160DF0077E046FDAC2C95FD71F878" box="[631,707,1955,1979]" degrees="10.693" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" precision="55" value="10.693">10.693</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4160DF0077E046FD162C95FC90F878" box="[717,802,1955,1979]" degrees="61.752" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" precision="55" value="-61.752">-61.752</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="ED649EDD0077E046FCF52C95FCDBF878" box="[814,873,1955,1979]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">JPEC</collectionCode>
<collectorName id="268063CE0077E046FCAB2C95FC56F878" box="[880,996,1955,1979]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">Darlington</collectorName>
col.;
<date id="FFCB20D80077E046FBC42C95FB00F878" box="[1055,1202,1955,1979]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" value="1990-03-30">
<collectingDate id="EF8FD9300077E046FBC42C95FB00F878" box="[1055,1202,1955,1979]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" value="1990-03-30">30-Mar-1990</collectingDate>
</date>
”.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F55930077E047FF1C2CF1FCCFFEDF" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="124" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180077E047FF1C2CF1FCCFFEDF" blockId="2.[151,1436,1919,2015]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,968]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="124" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FF1C2CF1FE8EF81C" bold="true" box="[199,316,1991,2015]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Of Neotropical
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0077E046FE2F2CFEFD37F81C" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1906" box="[500,645,1992,2015]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FE2F2CFEFD37F81C" box="[500,645,1992,2015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">Cryptotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the imago of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0077E046FCF42CFEFA9AF81C" authority="Scheffrahn &amp; Krecek, 1999" authorityName="Scheffrahn &amp; Krecek" authorityYear="1999" box="[815,1320,1991,2015]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cryptognathus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0077E046FCF42CFEFC58F81C" box="[815,1002,1991,2015]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="123">C. cryptognathus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90077E046FC2F2CF1FA9AF81C" author="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J." box="[1012,1320,1991,2015]" pageId="2" pageNumber="123" pagination="111 - 171" refId="ref1928" refString="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J. (1999) Termites of the genus Cryptotermes Banks (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the West Indies. Insecta Mundi, 13, 111 - 171." type="journal article" year="1999">Scheffrahn &amp; Křeček, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, is similar in head capsule coloration and wing length to
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD4C2BAEFC9CFF6C" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[663,814,151,175]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD4C2BAEFC9CFF6C" box="[663,814,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The soldier of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FC392BAEFBC8FF6C" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[994,1146,151,175]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FC392BAEFBC8FF6C" box="[994,1146,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unique among all other South American congeners in having a cuboidal head capsule, projecting thumb-like frontal horns, and a very rugose postclypeus.
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FEFE2BD6FC9AFF3B" authority="Constantino (2000)" authorityName="Constantino" authorityYear="2000" box="[293,808,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="contognathus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FEFE2BD6FDFDFF34" box="[293,591,223,247]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Cryptotermes contognathus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FD8C2BE9FC9AFF3B" author="Constantino, R." box="[599,808,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="525 - 530" refId="ref1819" refString="Constantino, R. (2000) A new Cryptotermes from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Sociobiology, 36, 525 - 530." type="journal article" year="2000">Constantino (2000)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
has projecting frontal horns, but the mandibles are much shorter than those of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FEA32A32FDBFFED8" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[376,525,259,283]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FEA32A32FDBFFED8" box="[376,525,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the postclypeus is not rugose.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36F55930076E047FF1C2A1EFD55FC0B" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BCA06180076E047FF1C2A1EFEB9FE0C" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FF1C2A1EFE84FE83" bold="true" box="[199,310,296,320]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
Comparable measurements of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD512A1EFC93FEFC" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[650,801,295,319]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD512A1EFC93FEFC" box="[650,801,295,319]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FC4A2A1EFBF2FEFC" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[913,1088,295,319]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson (1925)</bibRefCitation>
are all about twice those of the
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0076E047FF4C2A7AFF59FEA7" box="[151,235,332,356]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
soldier and much larger than any
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD892A7AFD51FEA0" authorityName="Banks" authorityYear="1906" box="[594,739,332,355]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD892A7AFD51FEA0" box="[594,739,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Cryptotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
worldwide (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FCB32A7DFBB0FEA7" author="Bacchus, S." box="[872,1026,331,356]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="1 - 91" refId="ref1787" refString="Bacchus, S. (1987) A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin, 7, 1 - 91." type="journal article" year="1987">Bacchus 1987</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FBD72A7DFA9FFEA7" author="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J." box="[1036,1325,331,356]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="111 - 171" refId="ref1928" refString="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J. (1999) Termites of the genus Cryptotermes Banks (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the West Indies. Insecta Mundi, 13, 111 - 171." type="journal article" year="1999">Scheffrahn &amp; Křeček 1999</bibRefCitation>
). I suspect that this was the result of a conversion error from Emersons reticule scale to actual measurements. The locality of the
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0076E047FF4C2AA2FF59FE6F" box="[151,235,404,428]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
and lost
<typeStatus id="54CEB8BA0076E047FE972AA5FE1BFE68" box="[332,425,403,427]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
are
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FE0C2AA5FD95FE68" box="[471,551,403,427]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.8" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="km" value="580.0">580 km</quantity>
apart but both were part of the greater Trinidadian land shelf during the last glacial maximum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180076E047FF1C2AEAFCDBFD2C" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">
In
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FF3F2AEAFE22FE30" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[228,400,475,500]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emersons 1925</bibRefCitation>
description of the lone
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD502AEAFC92FE30" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[651,800,475,499]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD502AEAFC92FE30" box="[651,800,475,499]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
soldier he states “When collected I thought that it belonged to a colony of the species I am describing as
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FDA62AC9FBA4FDD4" authority="Scheffrahn, 2024" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2024" box="[637,1046,511,535]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pellucidus" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Glyptotermes">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FDA62AC9FBA4FDD4" box="[637,1046,511,535]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Kalotermes (Glyptotermes) pellucidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23267710076E047FBFF2936FBECFDD4" box="[1060,1118,512,535]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
although I did not see it with any termites. As the imago, however, has the characteristics of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FC672915FBFEFDF8" box="[956,1100,547,571]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Glyptotermes">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FC672915FBFEFDF8" box="[956,1100,547,571]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Glyptotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the soldier does not, I think that they must be separate species”.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FDC3297EFD77FD9C" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[536,709,583,607]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson (1925)</bibRefCitation>
collected imagos of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FC79297EFB82FD9C" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2024" box="[930,1072,583,607]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pellucidus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FC79297EFB82FD9C" box="[930,1072,583,607]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">G. pellucidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
twice. His description is based on eight alates, collected from lights, with venation consistent for
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FC92295DFC6BFD40" authorityName="Froggatt" authorityYear="1897" box="[841,985,619,643]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Glyptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FC92295DFC6BFD40" box="[841,985,619,643]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Glyptotermes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(costal margin, radial sector, and median parallel and close together, his fig. 31c). Emerson reported an anterior wing length of
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FBE029B9FB65FD64" box="[1083,1239,655,679]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.82" metricValueMax="5.88" metricValueMin="5.76" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="mm" value="5.82" valueMax="5.88" valueMin="5.76">5.765.88 mm</quantity>
for
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FADD29A6FA24FD64" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2024" box="[1286,1430,655,679]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pellucidus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FADD29A6FA24FD64" box="[1286,1430,655,679]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">G. pellucidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The anterior wing length of the smallest
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD842982FCF5FD08" box="[607,839,691,715]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD842982FD42FD08" box="[607,752,692,715]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Cryptotermes</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
reported in
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FC092985FABEFD0F" author="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J." box="[978,1292,691,716]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="111 - 171" refId="ref1928" refString="Scheffrahn, R. H. &amp; Krecek, J. (1999) Termites of the genus Cryptotermes Banks (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the West Indies. Insecta Mundi, 13, 111 - 171." type="journal article" year="1999">Scheffrahn and Krecek 1999</bibRefCitation>
is that of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FA5F2982FF44FD2C" authorityName="Krecek &amp; Scheffrahn" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="abruptus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FA5F2982FF44FD2C" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. abruptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FECC29E1FEC7FD2C" box="[279,373,727,751]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.25" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="mm" value="6.25">6.25 mm</quantity>
long, identical to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD5929EEFCA5FD2C" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[642,791,727,751]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD5929EEFCA5FD2C" box="[642,791,727,751]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
herein.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCA06180076E047FF1C29CAFD55FC0B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">
I conclude that
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FEAA29CDFDA8FCD7" author="Bacchus, S." box="[369,538,763,788]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="1 - 91" refId="ref1787" refString="Bacchus, S. (1987) A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin, 7, 1 - 91." type="journal article" year="1987">Bacchus (1987)</bibRefCitation>
mistakenly redescribed the
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FC9029CAFC69FCD0" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2024" box="[843,987,763,787]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pellucidus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FC9029CAFC69FCD0" box="[843,987,763,787]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">G. pellucidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
dealate which he believed was that of
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FA5F29CAFEBFFCF4" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FA5F29CAFEBFFCF4" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FEC02829FE76FCFB" author="Bacchus, S." box="[283,452,799,824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="1 - 91" refId="ref1787" refString="Bacchus, S. (1987) A taxonomic and biometric study of the genus Cryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae). Tropical Pest Bulletin, 7, 1 - 91." type="journal article" year="1987">Bacchus (1987)</bibRefCitation>
based his description on the single dealate that was in the vial of the missing
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FADD2816FA2EFCF4" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[1286,1436,799,823]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FADD2816FA2EFCF4" box="[1286,1436,799,823]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
soldier (
<figureCitation id="134E1A9D0076E047FF292875FE87FC9F" box="[242,309,835,860]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="0.[151,255,2006,2030]" captionTargetBox="[239,1349,1027,1982]" captionTargetId="figure-273@0.[239,1349,1027,1982]" captionTargetPageId="0" captionText="FIGURE 1. Emersons 1925 original label of Cryptotermes cubicoceps (top) and the label of Bacchus (1987)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10959491" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10959491/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Bacchus description of the
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FD5C2872FC92FC98" baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[647,800,835,859]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Cryptotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubicoceps">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FD5C2872FC92FC98" box="[647,800,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">C. cubicoceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
dealate closely matches the
<taxonomicName id="4C757D9B0076E047FBBF2872FB45FC98" authorityName="Scheffrahn" authorityYear="2024" box="[1124,1271,835,859]" class="Insecta" family="Kalotermitidae" genus="Kalotermes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pellucidus">
<emphasis id="B901DA0A0076E047FBBF2872FB45FC98" box="[1124,1271,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="124">G. pellucidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
description by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE47BE90076E047FF4C285EFEFAFCBC" author="Emerson, A. E." box="[151,328,871,895]" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" pagination="291 - 459" refId="ref1848" refString="Emerson, A. E. (1925) The termites of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica, New York, 6, 291 - 459. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / p. 190324" type="journal article" year="1925">Emerson (1925)</bibRefCitation>
for corresponding characters: head coloration (yellowish-brown vs. brownish yellow, respectively); pulvillus/arolium present; maximum width of head (0.91 vs
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FCFB28BAFC72FC67" box="[800,960,908,932]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.1" metricValueMax="9.399999999999999" metricValueMin="8.8" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="mm" value="0.9099999999999999" valueMax="0.94" valueMin="0.88">0.880.94 mm</quantity>
); eye diameter (0.31 vs
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FB1928BAFAD1FC67" box="[1218,1379,908,932]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" metricValueMax="2.9" metricValueMin="2.7" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="mm" value="0.28" valueMax="0.29" valueMin="0.27">0.270.29 mm</quantity>
); and maximum width of pronotum (0.81 vs.
<quantity id="4C8DABFD0076E047FDE72899FD69FC0B" box="[572,731,943,968]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.35" metricValueMax="8.5" metricValueMin="8.2" pageId="3" pageNumber="124" unit="mm" value="0.835" valueMax="0.85" valueMin="0.82">0.820.85 mm</quantity>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>