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Scheffrahnitermes ubuntu (Isoptera: Apicotermitinae), Description of a New Termite Using a Collaborative Approach to Address the Wallacean Shortfall

New Zealand Journal of Zoology
The study of Neotropical Apicotermitinae remains challenging due to the large number of undescribed taxa (Linnean shortfall) as well as the scarcity of distributional data (Wallacean shortfall). Despite recent efforts to reduce the first one, the second remains an even more significant challenge.
Camila C. Mellado, Giordano G. Messina, Antonio Carvalho, Danilo E. Oliveira, Rayssa Almeida‐Azevedo, Renato Almeida de Azevedo, Hélida F. Cunha, Emanuelly F. Lucena, Joice P. Constantini, Olga P. Pinzón‐Florián, Tiago F. Carrijo   +10 more
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Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea: Termitidae)
Soil-feeding termites are abundant in tropical regions and play an important role in soil bioturbation and in the organic matter cycle. The Apicotermitinae are arguably the most diverse lineage of soil-feeding termites, but they are also the most understudied, probably because many species are soldierless, which makes identification difficult. Although
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Estudo taxonômico dos Apicotermitinae da Mata Atlântica [PDF]

, 2019
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Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)
The neotropical Apicotermitinae is a common and widespread clade of mostly soil-feeding soldierless termites. With few exceptions, species of this group were originally assigned to the genus Anoplotermes Müller, 1873. The application of internal worker morphology coupled with genetic sequencing has recently shed light on the true diversity of this ...
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The ultrastructure of the intramandibular gland in soldiers of the termite Machadotermes rigidus (Blattodea: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Arthropod Structure & Development, 2022
Machadotermes is one of the basal Apicotermitinae genera, living in tropical West Africa. Old observations suggested the presence of a new gland, the intramandibular gland, in Machadotermes soldiers. Here, by combining micro-computed tomography, optical and electron microscopy, we showed that the gland exists in Machadotermes soldiers only as an active
Tereza Beránková, Aleš Buček, Thomas Bourguignon, Johanna Romero Arias, Pierre D. Akama, David Sillam-Dussès, Jan Šobotník   +6 more
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Three‐dimensional visualization of termite (Apicotermitinae) enteric valve using confocal laser scanning microscopy [PDF]

Journal of Microscopy, 2014
SummaryHumivorous termites are dominant members of tropical rainforest soil communities. In the soil‐feeding subfamily Apicotermitinae (Termitidae), the enteric valve connecting the first section of the hindgut to the paunch often displays a complex sclerotized armature everted towards the lumen of the paunch.
Host, Benoît, Twyffels, Laure, Roisin, Yves, Vanderwinden, Jean-Marie   +3 more
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A taxonomic revision of the neotropical termite genus Ruptitermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Zootaxa, 2015
The taxonomy of Ruptitermes Mathews 1977 is revised. Nine new species are described: R. araujoi, sp. n. (from Brazil), R. atyra, sp. n. (from Brazil, Peru, and Panama), R. bandeirai, sp. n. (from Brazil), R. cangua, sp. n. (from Brazil), R. kaapora, sp. n. (from Paraguay and Brazil), R. krishnai, sp. n. (from Trinidad), R. maraca, sp. n. (from Brazil),
Acioli, Agno Nonato Serrão, Constantino, Reginaldo   +1 more
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Morphology of the Salivary Gland Acini in Grigiotermes bequaerti (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae)

Entomologia Generalis, 1991
UNIV ESTADUAL PAULISTA JULIA MESQUITA FILHO,INST BIOCIENCIAS RIO CLARO,DEPT BIOL,BR-13500 RIO CLARO,SP ...
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Carminda da Cruz-Landim   +1 more
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The soldierless Apicotermitinae: insights into a poorly known and ecologically dominant tropical taxon

Insectes Sociaux, 2015
Termites are among the most important animals in tropical ecosystems where they often make up over 10 % of the total animal biomass and enhance ecosystem productivity. While termites in general have been the focus of a reasonable amount of work, this effort is not equally distributed among taxonomic groups.
Bourguignon, T, Šobotník, J, Dahlsjö, C, Roisin, Y   +3 more
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Tucupitermes, the largest Apicotermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Amazon Rainforest

Zootaxa
Soldierless termites of the Apicotermitinae remain one of the least studied groups in termite taxonomy, particularly within the Amazon Rainforest, a biodiversity hotspot. This study introduces Tucupitermes ubixaba Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & Azevedo gen. et sp.
RAYSSA ALMEIDA-AZEVEDO, AGNO NONATO SERRÃO ACIOLI, RAPHAEL HELEODORO, JOSÉ WELLINGTON DE MORAIS, GEORGE GARDNER BROWN, PETER KILLE, LUIS CUNHA, RENATO ALMEIDA DE AZEVEDO   +7 more
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