Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia

Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.; Pinzón, Olga Patricia

doi:10.3897/zookeys.963.55843

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“…Most Rugitermes soldiers are difficult to distinguish from each other, but the anterolateral ridges of the frons are helpful ( Scheffrahn and Florian 2020 ). Therefore, the imago caste is often valuable for correct identification.…”

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“… Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911 now consists of 14 extant species ( Krishna et al 2013 ; Scheffrahn 2015 ; Scheffrahn and Florian 2020 ). Rugitermes has a non-insular Neotropical distribution with exception of the French Polynesian R. athertoni (Light, 1932) and species on the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago ( Scheffrahn 2019a , 2019b ).…”

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Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia

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Carrijo²

2020

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The soldier of Rugitermes aridussp. nov. is described from a xeric, termite-depauperate region of central Peru. Rugitermes rufussp. nov. and R. volcanensissp. nov. are described from soldiers and dealated imagos collected in a mesic forest of Amboró National Park in western Bolivia. The imago of R. rufus is unique among all described Rugitermes species in that the head capsule is reddish orange and the pronotum is brown. The imago head and pronotum are both brown in R. volcanensis. A phylogenetic and GMYC barcode analyses were performed with the COI gene. These analyses confirmed the three new species and revealed a high undescribed diversity of Rugitermes in the New World.

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Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia

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Carrijo²

2020

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“…Rugitermes ursulae sp. nov. was compared with Rugitermes samples from the University of Florida Termite Collection (UFTC), USA, and with descriptions and measurements from the literature (Hagen 1858;Silvestri 1901;Emerson 1925;Snyder 1925Snyder , 1926Snyder , 1952Snyder , 1957Light 1932;Oliveira 1979;Scheffrahn 2015Scheffrahn and Pinzón 2020). Specimens of R. ursulae were sequenced for a fragment of the molecular marker COII for genetic comparisons.…”

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“…Records of termites from Colombia have increased in recent years (Scheffrahn 2010;Casalla et al 2016a, b;Postle and Scheffrahn 2016;Castro et al 2018;Pinzón and Castro 2018;Casalla and Korb 2019;Castro and Scheffrahn 2019;Pinzón et al 2020). The "Los Primates" area in the mountains of the municipality of Colosó, Sucre, is one of the best-preserved areas of tropical dry forest on the Colombian Caribbean coast (Pizano and García 2014) (Fig.…”

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“…Rugitermes Holmgren, 1911, is a genus from the family Kalotermitidae, mainly found in the Neotropics (Krishna et al 2013;Scheffrahn 2015;Scheffrahn and Carrijo 2020). Twelve Rugitermes species are currently known from South America, including the most recently described Rugitermes tinto Scheffrahn & Pinzón, 2020, Rugitermes aridus Scheffrahn, 2020, Rugitermes rufus Scheffrahn, 2020 and Rugitermes volcanensis (Scheffrahn and Carrijo 2020;Scheffrahn and Pinzón 2020) from the Andean region (Table 1).…”

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Rugitermes ursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Casalla¹,

Scheffrahn²,

Korb³

2021

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Rugitermes ursulaesp. nov. is described from a sample collected inside a dead branch in a tropical dry forest of Colombia’s Caribbean coast using molecular information and external morphological characters of the imago and soldier castes. Rugitermes ursulaesp. nov. soldiers and imagoes are the smallest among all described Rugitermes species. The imago’s head capsule coloration is dark castaneous, while the pronotum is contrastingly pale yellow. Our description includes soldier characters, such as subflangular elevation and shape of the antennal sockets, that can help in identification of samples lacking imagoes.

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Protist symbionts of termites: diversity, distribution, and coevolution

Gile

2023

Biological Reviews

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The symbiosis between termites and their hindgut protists is mutually obligate and vertically inherited. It was established by the late Jurassic in the cockroach ancestors of termites as they transitioned to wood feeding. Since then, protist symbionts have been transmitted from host generation to host generation by proctodeal trophallaxis (anal feeding). The protists belong to multiple lineages within the eukaryotic superphylum Metamonada. Most of these lineages have evolved large cells with complex morphology, unlike the non‐termite‐associated Metamonada. The species richness and taxonomic composition of symbiotic protist communities varies widely across termite lineages, especially within the deep‐branching clade Teletisoptera. In general, closely related termites tend to harbour closely related protists, and deep‐branching termites tend to harbour deep‐branching protists, reflecting their broad‐scale co‐diversification. A closer view, however, reveals a complex distribution of protist lineages across hosts. Some protist taxa are common, some are rare, some are widespread, and some are restricted to a single host family or genus. Some protist taxa can be found in only a few, distantly related, host species. Thus, the long history of co‐diversification in this symbiosis has been complicated by lineage‐specific loss of symbionts, transfer of symbionts from one host lineage to another, and by independent diversification of the symbionts relative to their hosts. This review aims to introduce the biology of this important symbiosis and serve as a gateway to the diversity and systematics literature for both termites and protists. A searchable database with all termite‐protist occurrence records and taxonomic references is provided as a supplementary file to encourage and facilitate new research in this field.

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Rugitermes tinto: A new termite (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from the Andean region of Colombia

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia

Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia

Rugitermes ursulae (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite from the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Protist symbionts of termites: diversity, distribution, and coevolution

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