Glyptotermes chiraharitae, Amina & Rajmohana, 2016

Amina, Poovoli & Rajmohana, Keloth, 2016, Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp., a new dampwood termite species (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from India, Zoosystema 38 (3), pp. 309-316 : 310

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n3a2

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:15E32F63-F135-4E98-8DF9-D04452558388

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5154676

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E1B861-6065-FFC1-FC20-05673CB1F803

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scientific name

Glyptotermes chiraharitae
status

sp. nov.

Glyptotermes chiraharitae n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — India. Kerala. Kozhikode. Kakkayam MWLS 762 m, 11.4990° N, 75.8950° E, 27.XII.2012, Amina Poovoli. Colony code: ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/4942. Holotype (Soldier) GoogleMaps ; paratypes 6 pseudoworkers and 3 soldiers. — Colony code: ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV/4943. Paratypes: 4 imagoes, 2 soldiers and 5 pseudoworkers .

ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named Chiraharita meaning evergreen (in Sanskrit), after their evergreen forest habitat.

BIOECOLOGY. — ( Fig. 3) The large sized dead log on the forest floor, from which G. chiraharitae n. sp. was collected had a very high moisture content. Though the attack was not at all visible externally, the log when cut open, exposed several large holes sealed with their faecal pellets, dissolved in a muddy paste. Networks of hidden galleries meandering through the wood were also observed. Workers and soldiers were very slow and sluggish, probably due to their large size.

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