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Neotermescostaseca: a new termite from the coastal desert of Peru and the redescription of N.chilensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae).

ABSTRACT: The imago and soldier castes of a new Neotermes species, N.costaseca, are described. It is only the third termite species known from the Pacific coastal desert of Peru. Neotermescostaseca sp. n. is compared with the allopatric Neotermeschilensis from the arid central and southern coastal plain of Chile.

SUBMITTER: Scheffrahn RH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323099 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neotermescostaseca: a new termite from the coastal desert of Peru and the redescription of N.chilensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae).

Scheffrahn Rudolf H RH

ZooKeys 20181231 811

The imago and soldier castes of a new Neotermes species, N.costaseca, are described. It is only the third termite species known from the Pacific coastal desert of Peru. Neotermescostaseca sp. n. is compared with the allopatric Neotermeschilensis from the arid central and southern coastal plain of Chile. ...[more]

PMID: 30627039

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