New records of termites (Blattodea: Termitidae: Syntermitinae) from Colombia

• Main Authors: Olga Patricia Pinzón, Jose Daniel Castro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2018-08-01
• Series: Journal of Threatened Taxa
• Subjects: amazon; colombian llanos; cornitermes; mapinguaritermes; neotropical; orinoco; rhynchotermes; savannas; termites; uncitermes.
• Online Access: https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3909

Eight species of termite from the Amazon and Orinoquia regions, belonging to four genera of the subfamily Syntermitinae, are recorded for the first time in Colombia.  The species are Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar, 1832), Cornitermes pilosus Holmgren, 1906, Cornitermes ovatus Emerson, 1952, Cornitermes snyderi Emerson, 1952, Mapinguaritermes peruanus (Holmgren, 1906), Rhynchotermes amazonensis Constantini & Cancello, 2016, Rhynchotermes perarmatus (Snyder, 1925), and Uncitermes teevani (Emerson, 1925).  Diagnostic characteristics and geographic distributions for the recorded species are provided, with detailed photographs of the soldier caste.  The diversity and distribution of indigenous termite species in Colombia are documented.