Check List 22(5): 840-847, doi: 10.15560/22.5.840
A new record for Niuginitermes liklik Roisin & Pasteels, 1996 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Philippines
Jose Emmanuel I. De Luna‡§, Nan-Yao Su§, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn§‡ Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines§ Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Davie, United States of America
Corresponding author: Jose Emmanuel I. De Luna ( ji.deluna@ufl.edu ) Academic editor: Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid © Jose Emmanuel I. De Luna, Nan-Yao Su, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Citation:
De Luna JEI, Su N-Y, Scheffrahn RH (2026) A new record for Niuginitermes liklik Roisin & Pasteels, 1996 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Philippines . Check List 22(5): 840-847. https://doi.org/10.15560/22.5.840 |  |
Abstract
The nasutiform wood-feeding termite Niuginitermes liklik Roisin & Pasteels, 1996 is recorded for the first time from the Philippines. The genus and species were originally described from Papua New Guinea, a distance of some 3,300 km from the new record. We compare external and internal characters of the soldier and large worker castes from the Philippines with the original description of N. liklik. To date, there are 54 described termite species present in the Philippines.
Keywords
Enteric valve armature, gut architecture, Los Baños, Papua New Guinea