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<mods:title>Chasitermes pax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 3205 College Avenue, Davie, Florida 33314, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Carrijo, Tiago F.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="ORCID">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6308-7252</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:affiliation>Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus 03, Jardim Antares, 09606 - 070, Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<treatment LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:84F91A07-5829-4250-84EB-305E9BCFE300" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9DFDB0DEC385B23A0F81060DF188C1F" lastPageNumber="127" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/84F91A07-5829-4250-84EB-305E9BCFE300" authority="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">Chasitermes Scheffrahn & Carrijo</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="127">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="type-species">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Type-species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes pax" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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Scheffrahn & Carrijo, sp. nov.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The combination of unsclerotized rectangular EVA cushions, a tubular extension of EVS, and a prominent spherical mesenteric tongue make
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. pax" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C. pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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unique among all
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Apicotermitinae">Apicotermitinae</taxonomicName>
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genera.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Description.</paragraph>
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Imago unknown. Worker. (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A right lateral habitus of worker B lateral and C dorsal views of head." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794188" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">1</figureCitation>
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-
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn) B close-up of two cushions C region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig. 3)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794191" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">4</figureCitation>
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). Monomorphic. Head capsule and antennae light yellowish. Head covered with ca 50 longer (0.1 mm) setae and a few shorter ones (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A right lateral habitus of worker B lateral and C dorsal views of head." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794188" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">1</figureCitation>
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). In lateral view, dorsal surface of the head capsule slightly convex; postclypeus is moderately inflated. Antennae with 14 articles (formula 2>3≈4<5). Pronotum with about 20 long setae concentrated mainly at the borders and a few shorter ones. Mandibles with apical teeth very prominent; left mandible with M1 triangulate, shorter than apical; premolar process longer than M3 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A mandibles (abbreviations: a = apical, m 1 - m 3 = marginal teeth, mp = molar process, arrow = premolar process (Constantini et al. 2020) B right fore tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794189" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">2A</figureCitation>
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). Apical tooth of right mandible as long as that of left but narrower; M1 as long as M2. Fore tibia moderately inflated (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A mandibles (abbreviations: a = apical, m 1 - m 3 = marginal teeth, mp = molar process, arrow = premolar process (Constantini et al. 2020) B right fore tibia." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794189" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">2C</figureCitation>
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) with about a dozen thick posterior setae concentrated at the distal half; lateral and anterior surfaces with thinner long and shorter setae. Digestive tube (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. digestive tube A dorsal B right C left, and D ventral (abbreviations: C = crop, EVS = enteric valve seating, MS = mesenteron, MT = mesenteric tongue, P 1 - P 5 = proctodeal segments)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794190" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">3</figureCitation>
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with abbreviations) with voluminous crop; mesenteron forming half circle; mixed segment with prominent spherical mesenteric tongue. First proctodeal segment (P1) widens to maximum diameter before P2, enteric valve seating (EVS) slightly trilobed. Third proctodeal segment (P3) with long tubular extension of the EVS seating to main reservoir (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn) B close-up of two cushions C region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig. 3)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794191" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">4C</figureCitation>
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) then narrowing again toward P4 (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. digestive tube A dorsal B right C left, and D ventral (abbreviations: C = crop, EVS = enteric valve seating, MS = mesenteron, MT = mesenteric tongue, P 1 - P 5 = proctodeal segments)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794190" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">3D</figureCitation>
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). Cuticle of EVA without sclerotization (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn) B close-up of two cushions C region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig. 3)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794191" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">4A, B</figureCitation>
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) forming six rectangular cushions with about 100 scales each (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn) B close-up of two cushions C region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig. 3)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794191" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">4A</figureCitation>
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). Scales proximal to P1 subrectangular, each with 5-10 creases; scales in distal one-third lacking creases, more scale-like with long fringes (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. A spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn) B close-up of two cushions C region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig. 3)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794191" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">4B</figureCitation>
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). Measurements are provided in Table
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Measurements (mm, N = 10) of Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. workers." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/65D44676904F05C02AC22DB3234ECAFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" tableUuid="65D44676904F05C02AC22DB3234ECAFB">1</tableCitation>
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.
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<caption ID-Table-UUID="65D44676904F05C02AC22DB3234ECAFB" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/65D44676904F05C02AC22DB3234ECAFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Table 1.</emphasis>
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Measurements (mm,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">N</emphasis>
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= 10) of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes pax" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov. workers.
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<table pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<th colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">-</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Max.</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Min.</th>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Mean</th>
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</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Length of head to lateral base of mandibles</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.77</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.73</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Maximum head width</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.82</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.85</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Length of hind tibia</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.77</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.72</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Length of postclypeus</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.25</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.18</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.21</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Width of postclypeus</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.44</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.39</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Length of fore tibia</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Width of fore tibia</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.18</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.12</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.15</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">Fore tibia width:length ratio</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.21</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rowspan="1">0.25</td>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes pax" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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right lateral habitus of worker
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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lateral and
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dorsal views of head.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794189" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes pax" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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gen. et sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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mandibles (abbreviations: a = apical, m1-m3 = marginal teeth, mp = molar process, arrow = premolar process (Constantini
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">et al.</emphasis>
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2020)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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right fore tibia.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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gen. et sp. nov. digestive tube
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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dorsal
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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right
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
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left, and
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
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ventral (abbreviations: C = crop, EVS = enteric valve seating, MS = mesenteron, MT = mesenteric tongue, P1-P5 = proctodeal segments).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Scheffrahn & Carrijo" authorityYear="2023" family="Termitidae" genus="Chasitermes" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasitermes pax" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Chasitermes pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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gen. et sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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spliced whole mount of enteric valve armature (rightmost cushion torn)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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close-up of two cushions
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
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region encompassing EVS (abbreviations as in Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Chasitermes pax gen. et sp. nov. digestive tube A dorsal B right C left, and D ventral (abbreviations: C = crop, EVS = enteric valve seating, MS = mesenteron, MT = mesenteric tongue, P 1 - P 5 = proctodeal segments)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/794190" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">3</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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The single most diagnostic character of the
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. pax" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C. pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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worker is the enteric valve armature which has unsclerotized rectangular cushions composed of creased or fringed scales. The tubular extension of the EVS in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. pax" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C. pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is closest to
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Emerson" baseAuthorityYear="1925" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Patawatermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Patawatermes nigripunctatus" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigripunctatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Patawatermes nigripunctatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Emerson, 1925) but is much longer in the former and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. nigripunctatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="nigripunctatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">P. nigripunctatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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lacks a trilobed enteric valve seating. The left mandible of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="C. pax" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="pax">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C. pax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has prominent premolar process closest to
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Silvestri" baseAuthorityYear="1901" class="Insecta" family="Termitidae" genus="Patawatermes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Patawatermes turricola" order="Blattodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="turricola">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Patawatermes turricola</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Silvestri, 1901) but it is narrower and longer in the former.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Named in honor of the collector, James A. Chase.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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