First records of the minor pest termite <em>Eucryptotermes hagenii</em> (Müller, 1873) (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Kalotermitidae) from the Chaco Dominion in Argentina

Check List 14(2): 291-296, doi: 10.15560/14.2.291

First records of the minor pest termite Eucryptotermes hagenii (Müller, 1873) (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Kalotermitidae) from the Chaco Dominion in Argentina

Maria C. Godoy^‡, Juan M. Coronel^‡, Giovana M. Annoni^‡, Clara Etcheverry^‡, Enrique R. Laffont^‡

‡ Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina

Corresponding author: Maria C. Godoy ( mcgodoy@exa.unne.edu.ar )

Academic editor: Pedro Guilherme Barrios de Souza Dias

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Citation: Godoy MC, Coronel JM, Annoni GM, Etcheverry C, Laffont ER (2018) First records of the minor pest termite Eucryptotermes hagenii (Müller, 1873) (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Kalotermitidae) from the Chaco Dominion in Argentina. Check List 14(2): 291-296. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.291

Abstract

Eucryptotermes Holmgren, 1911, comprises 2 species of Neotropical drywood termites with phragmotic head soldiers. We report the presence of Eucryptotermes hagenii (Müller, 1873) in native forests of the Chaco Dominion and Chaco Province, enlarging its distribution and recording the genus and species for the first time in Argentina. Eucryptotermes hagenii abundance was estimated as intermediate by standardized sampling. Eighteen morphometric characters were measured in soldiers and alates, and 9 of them provided new data. The colonies, located inside living trees trunks and dead wood, were composed of reproductives, soldiers, pseudergates, and immatures.

Keywords

Insecta; drywood termites; South America; distribution