Check List 16(2): 343-347, doi: 10.15560/16.2.343
First record of the termite, Dentispicotermes cupiporanga Bandeira & Cancello, 1992 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) from Venezuela and new genus records from Bolivia and Paraguay
expand article infoSolange Issa‡, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn§
‡ Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela§ University of Florida, Davie, United States of America

Corresponding author: Rudolf H. Scheffrahn ( rhsc@ufl.edu )

Academic editor: Leonardo de Oliveira Cardoso da Silva
© Solange Issa, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn.
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Citation: Issa S, Scheffrahn RH (2020) First record of the termite, Dentispicotermes cupiporanga Bandeira & Cancello, 1992 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) from Venezuela and new genus records from Bolivia and Paraguay. Check List 16(2): 343-347. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.343
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Abstract

Dentispicotermes Emerson, 1950 comprises five species confined to the Neotropics. We report the presence of D. cupiporanga Bandeira & Cancello, 1992 in northern Venezuela and two undescribed congeners from Bolivia and Paraguay. This soil-feeding termite genus is rare and is characterized by a diagnostic enteric valve armature that we describe for the first time.

Keywords
Distribution, enteric valve armature, soldier, worker