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Issue: Vol. 5821 No. 3: 2 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.3.6
Page range: 421-429
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

Tiunatermes tapirape (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae): description of a new species and the imago for the genus

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Belém; PA; Brasil.
Museu de Biodiversidade Tauari; Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará; Marabá; PA; Brasil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Evolução e Diversidade; Universidade Federal do ABC; São Bernardo do Campo; SP; Brasil.
Instituto de Ecología Regional; Universidad Nacional de Tucumán & CONICET; 4107 Yerba Buena; Tucumán; Argentina.
Isoptera termite queen Amazon forest Cerrado humivorous

Abstract

Tiunatermes tapirape, sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on morphological characters of the reproductive, soldier, and worker castes. Specimens were collected from the Brazilian savannah (Cerrado sensu stricto) in Goiás and Distrito Federal, and the Brazilian ombrophilous forest in Pará and Mato Grosso, thus broadening the geographical distribution of the genus. The reproductive caste was previously unknown for Tiunatermes Carrijo, Cuezzo & Santos. Tiunatermes tapirape, sp. nov., differs from the formerly described species, Tiunatermes mariuzani Carrijo, Cuezzo & Santos, mostly in the broader head and nasus of its soldiers.

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How to Cite

Oliveira, D.E., Matos, M.K.L.D., Souza, J.P. & Cuezzo, C. (2026) Tiunatermes tapirape (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae): description of a new species and the imago for the genus. Zootaxa, 5821 (3), 421–429. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5821.3.6