A new species of open-air processional column termite,Hospitalitermes
nigriantennalis sp. n. (Termitidae), from Borneo |
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| Authors: | Syaukani Syaukani Graham J Thompson Herbert Zettel Teguh Pribadi |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Syiah Kuala University Darussalam 23111, Banda Aceh, Indonesia;2.Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Road North, London N6A 5B7, Ontario, Canada;3.Entomological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria;4.Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, PGRI University of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan 73112, Indonesia |
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| Abstract: | A new species of open-air processional column termite is here described based on the soldier and worker castes from eight colonies in north Barito, central Kalimantan. Hospitalitermes
nigriantennalis
sp. n. is readily distinguished in the field from related Hospitalitermes spp. by the light brown to orangish coloration of the soldier head capsule that, further, is with vertex yellowish and nasus brownish. The soldier antenna and the maxillary and labial palps are blackish. By contrast, soldiers from other species of Hospitalitermes from this region have a uniformly black head capsule and antennae. Finally, Hospitalitermes
nigriantennalis
sp. n. has a minute indentation in the middle of the posterior part of head capsule, which further helps to differentiate this new species from other Hospitalitermes from the Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan regions. |
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| Keywords: | Termite Hospitalitermes" target="_blank">Hospitalitermes new species central Kalimantan Borneo |
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