New Dolichorhinotermes from Ecuador and in Mexican amber (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3592

By

Engel, Michael S.

Krishna, Kumar

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 12, 2007."

Abstract also in Spanish.

"Two new species of the Neotropical termite genus Dolichorhinotermes Snyder and Emerson (Rhinotermitidae: Rhinotermitinae) are described and figured. Dolichorhinotermes lanciarius Engel and Krishna, new species, from southeastern Ecuador, is the largest species of the genus and is distinctive in both the major and minor soldier caste. Dolichorhinotermes apopnus Engel and Krishna, new species, preserved in earliest Miocene amber from Chiapas, Mexico, is similar to D. dominicanus Schlemmermeyer and Cancello in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic but differs in several significant respects. Distinctions between Rhinotermes and Dolichorhinotermes are briefly discussed"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Chiapas , Classification , Dolichorhinotermes apopnus , Dolichorhinotermes lanciarius , Ecuador , Insects , Insects, Fossil , Mexico , Miocene , Paleontology , Termites , Termites, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3592, 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3592[1:NDFEAI]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 184709326