Kalotermes sinaicus Kemner (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae): new morphological and genetic evidence, and assignment to the new genus Longicaputermes gen. nov

Ghesini, Silvia; Simon, Donald L.; Marini, Mario

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“…Only three Spirotrichonympha species have been reported from two termite species in the family Kalotermitidae, S. bispira and S. polygyra from P. simplicicornis and S. minor from Kalotermes sinaicus (Radek ), now Longicaputermes sinaicus (Ghesini et al. ). No other spirotrichonymphids are reported from any termite in this family (Yamin ).…”

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New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

Gile

James

Tai

et al. 2017

J Eukaryotic Microbiology

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Spirotrichonymphea is a class of hypermastigote parabasalids defined by their spiral rows of many flagella. They are obligate hindgut symbionts of lower termites. Despite more than 100 yr of morphological and ultrastructural study, the group remains poorly characterised by molecular data and the phylogenetic positions and taxonomic validity of most genera remain in question. The genus Spirotrichonympha has been reported to inhabit several termite genera, including Reticulitermes, Coptotermes, and Hodotermopsis. The type species for this genus, Spirotrichonympha flagellata, was described from Reticulitermes lucifugus but no molecular data are yet available for this species. In this study, three new Spirotrichonympha species are described from three species of Reticulitermes. Their molecular phylogenetic position indicates that the genus is not monophyletic, as Spirotrichonympha species from Coptotermes, Paraneotermes, and Hodotermopsis branch separately. In contrast, the genus Holomastigotoides is monophyletic, as demonstrated using new sequences from Holomastigotoides species. The presence of Holomastigotoides in Prorhinotermes and the distinct phylogenetic positions of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and Coptotermes are consistent with a previously proposed symbiont fauna replacement in the ancestor of Reticulitermes.

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New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

Gile

James

Tai

et al. 2017

J Eukaryotic Microbiology

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“…For the construction of phylogenetic trees, COII and 16S sequences published in previous studies (Velonà et al , 2011; Ghesini & Marini, 2013; Ghesini et al , 2014) from K. flavicollis and K. italicus were drawn from GenBank and added to the alignment. Sequences from the Mastotermitidae Mastotermes darwiniensis (GenBank A.N.…”

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“…The Moroccan Kalotermes maroccoensis (Sjöstedt) was recently synonymized with K. flavicollis (Krishna et al , 2013). Kalotermes sinaicus Kemner, distributed in north-eastern Egypt and Israel, was recently assigned to the new genus Longicaputermes , because of morphological and genetic peculiarities that differentiate it from the genus Kalotermes and liken it to the genera Comatermes, Ceratokalotermes , and Paraneotermes (Ghesini et al , 2014).…”

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Molecular characterization and phylogeny ofKalotermespopulations from the Levant, and description ofKalotermes phoeniciaesp. nov.

Ghesini

Marini

2015

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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The presence of the yellow-necked drywood termite, Kalotermes flavicollis Fabr., has been reported along most of the Mediterranean coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia. While morphological and genetic data exist on European K. flavicollis populations from western and central Mediterranean regions, data on eastern Mediterranean Kalotermes are scarce, and no genetic data exist to date. In this study, we analyzed 17 Kalotermes sp. colonies from 11 localities in the Levant (Cyprus, Lebanon, and Israel), in order to characterize genetically (mitochondrial DNA: COII, 16S, and control region) these populations. We found that samples from the Levant are genetically different from K. flavicollis, with distance values falling in the range of interspecific distances. In the phylogeny of European Kalotermes populations, samples from the Levant form a clade of their own, sister to a clade including K. flavicollis and Kalotermes italicus. Inside the eastern Mediterranean clade, all the samples from Cyprus are included in a well-supported subclade, suggesting that the colonization of the island might have occurred in a single event. These findings show that the populations we examined do not belong to the species K. flavicollis, but to a new species peculiar to the Levant, that we describe as Kalotermes phoeniciae sp. nov. It is possible that previous reports of K. flavicollis in this region can be attributed to K. phoeniciae.

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“…The monumental revision of the Kalotermitidae by Krishna (1961) provided the morphological diagnoses for all extant genera with the exception of the recently described Longicaputermes (Ghesini et al 2014). Aside from Longicaputermes , all new kalotermitid species described after Krishna’s 1961 revision, ca.…”

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Roisinitermes ebogoensis gen. & sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Scheffrahn¹,

Bourguignon²,

Akama³

et al. 2018

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Termites have developed a wide array of defensive mechanisms. One of them is the mandibulate soldier caste that crushes or pierces their enemies. However, in several lineages of Termitinae, soldiers have long and slender mandibles that cannot bite but, instead, snap and deliver powerful strikes to their opponents. Here, we use morphological and molecular evidence to describe Roisinitermesebogoensis Scheffrahn, gen. & sp. n. from near Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Soldiers of R.ebogoensis are unique among all other kalotermitid soldiers in that they possess snapping mandibles. The imago of R.ebogoensis is also easily distinguished from all other Kalotermitidae by the lack of ocelli. Our study reveals a new case of parallel evolution of snapping mandibles in termites, a complex apparatus responsible of one of the fastest biological acceleration rates measured to date.

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Kalotermes sinaicus Kemner (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae): new morphological and genetic evidence, and assignment to the new genus Longicaputermes gen. nov

Cited by 14 publications

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New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

Molecular characterization and phylogeny ofKalotermespopulations from the Levant, and description ofKalotermes phoeniciaesp. nov.

Roisinitermes ebogoensis gen. & sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

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Kalotermes sinaicus Kemner (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae): new morphological and genetic evidence, and assignment to the new genus Longicaputermes gen. nov

Cited by 14 publications

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New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

New Species of Spirotrichonympha from Reticulitermes and the Relationships Among Genera in Spirotrichonymphea (Parabasalia)

Molecular characterization and phylogeny ofKalotermespopulations from the Levant, and description ofKalotermes phoeniciaesp. nov.

Roisinitermes ebogoensis gen. &amp; sp. n., an outstanding drywood termite with snapping soldiers from Cameroon (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

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