CRYPTOTERMES ABRUPTUS, A NEW DRYWOOD TERMITE (ISOPTERA, KALOTERMITIDAE) FROM SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO

Authors
SCHEFFRAHN RH KRECEK J CHASE JA SU NY
Citation
Rh. Scheffrahn et al., CRYPTOTERMES ABRUPTUS, A NEW DRYWOOD TERMITE (ISOPTERA, KALOTERMITIDAE) FROM SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO, The Florida entomologist, 81(2), 1998, pp. 188-193
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
81
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
188 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1998)81:2<188:CAANDT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Cryptotermes abruptus n. sp, is described from soldiers and alates col lected on Isla de Cozumel, Mexico, and vicinity. It is the fifteenth n eotropical Cryptotermes species to be described. The overhanging frons in the soldier caste of this species is unique among all termites wor ldwide.