Humutermes undetermined

Bourguignon, Thomas, Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Nagy, Zoltán Tamás, Sonet, Gontran, Host, Benoît & Roisin, Yves, 2016, Towards a revision of the Neotropical soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae): redescription of the genus Grigiotermes Mathews and description of five new genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1), pp. 15-35 : 22-23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12305
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B687D2-F526-5C03-506A-8722A7907DEA
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Humutermes undetermined
status	SP.

Treatment

HUMUTERMES NOIROTI BOURGUIGNON & ROISIN SP. NOV. ( FIGS 3D View Figure 3 , 7D View Figure 7 , 10 View Figure 10 ; TABLE 5)

Material examined

Holotype. Worker , Panama: Barro Colorado Island (Is.), deposited in the RBINS collection. ULB collection reference: PANT116 , Y. Roisin , 5.vi.1991.

Paratypes. Workers and alates, PANT 116 (same colony as holotype), Barro Colorado Is., 5.vi.1991, with alates (Y. Roisin ); PANT 80: Barro Colorado Is., 3.v.1991, with alates (Y. Roisin ); PANT 145: Barro Colorado Is., 3.vii.1991, Y. Roisin ; Ibisca_144-03-03, San Lorenzo Protected Area, Colón (09°17′N, 79°58′W), 14.x.2003 (Y. Roisin , M. Leponce). Costa Rica: Finca Monte Ararat, Siquirres (09°17′N, 79°58′W), 5.viii.2002 (Y. Roisin , M. Leponce, F. Vauthier).

Worker: Head rounded to slightly ellipsoid, covered by hundreds of small setae. Enteric valve composed of six cushions with well-developed sclerotized armature. The armature consists of six spade-like pads each endowed with about 20 long spines on their edge, plus spines along the midline on the largest pads. Pads are more quadrangular than in H. krishnai , and show clear size differences, one pad being substantially larger than its neighbours.

Imago: See description under genus heading.

Ecology and distribution

Like most Anoplotermes -group members, H. noiroti is an inconspicuous species; only workers foraging in the soil are generally encountered. Alates were collected in May–June in central Panama. We previously referred to this species as Anoplotermes sp. A ( Roisin et al., 2006; Bourguignon et al., 2009a). Humutermes noiroti is known from Panama, Peru, Bolivia, and Costa Rica.

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Diagnosis

Humutermes krishnai and H. noiroti are very similar but can be distinguished by the shape of their enteric valve armature (see above).

Etymology

We named this species in honour of the late Professor Charles Noirot because of his outstanding contribution to the knowledge of termite anatomy, development, and systematics.

HYDRECOTERMES BOURGUIGNON & ROISIN