Insect Systematics and Evolution (2000) 31, 463-472

R. Constantino (2000)
Key to the soldiers of South American Heterotermes with a new species from Brazil (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Insect Systematics and Evolution 31 (4), 463-472
Abstract: A soldier-based key to the South American species of Heterotermes is presented. Six species are recognized: H. assu sp. n., H. convexinotatus, H. crinitus, H. longiceps, H. sulcatus and H. tenuis. H. assu sp. n., is described from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, including the imago, soldier and worker castes. H. assu is also recorded from urban areas as a pest. The imago of H. longiceps is described and illustrated for the first time. The soldiers of all species are illustrated and their known distribution mapped, with several new records.
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Database assignments for author(s): Reginaldo Constantino

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Heterotermes tenuis
	Heterotermes longiceps