Tauritermes bandeirai: A new drywood termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Abstract

The imago and soldier castes of a new Tauritermes Krishna, 1961 species, Tauritermes bandeiraisp. nov. are described. It is the fourth species of Tauritermes and occurs from the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Unlike its congeners, the soldier of T. bandeirai has prominent frontal horns.

Cryptotermes pugnus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Brazilian Caatinga dry forest and key to South American Cryptotermes Banks, 1909

“…Other kalotermitids reported from the Caatinga include two undescribed species of Glyptotermes Froggatt, 1897, Rugitermes cf. niger Oliveira, 1979, an undescribed species of Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911 ( Bandeira et al 2003 ), and Tauritermes bandeirai Scheffrahn & Vasconcellos, 2022 ( Scheffrahn and Vasconcellos 2020 ).…”

The termite genus Glyptotermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Paraguay

“…Until now, no Glyptotermes species were known from Paraguay, while the following Paraguayan kalotermitids are reported: Cryptotermes chacoensis (Roisin, 2003), Neotermes fulvescens (Silvestri, 1901), Rugitermes rugosus (Hagen, 1858) in Scheffrahn (2019b), and Tauritermes triceromegas (Silvestri, 1901) in Scheffrahn and Vasconcellos (2020). The distributional range of G. hickmani is 340 km within the humid Chaco [tropical moonson biome per Koppen-Geiger; Kottek et al (2006)] of Paraguay (Fig.…”