Cubitermes new species 2

Josens, Guy & Deligne, Jean, 2019, Species groups in the genus Cubitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) defined on the basis of enteric valve morphology, European Journal of Taxonomy 515, pp. 1-72 : 52

Unknown, new species 2

CAMEROON • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Ekoua ; 28 Mar. 2015; ULB • 1 ♀ (alate), 1 soldier, 1 worker; Akolo ; 1 Apr. 2015; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Boulourou ; 1 Apr. 2015; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Foumban ; 5 Apr. 2015; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Batié ; 7 Apr. 2015; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Koutaba ; 8 Apr. 2015; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Néfanté ; 9 Apr. 2015; ULB .

The above were collected in West, Central, East and Southern Africa ( Fig. 17G ).

Figures

Fig. 17. A. Enteric valve of the “oculatus valve pattern” from a worker of Cubitermes sp.: note the narrowness of the secondary cushion, almost faint in the case of SC61 (SC12 is not figured); B. Idem from a soldier of the same sample of C. sp., note the widening of PC1; C. Geographical distribution of the species with the oculatus valve pattern.