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Cubitermes orthognathus

  • 1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie des Organismes, Écologie végétale et Biogéochimie, Av. Roosevelt 50 - cp 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
  • 2. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie des Organismes, Écologie végétale et Biogéochimie, Av. Roosevelt 50 - cp 244, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. & Royal Museum for Central Africa, Entomology, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium.

Description

Cubitermes orthognathus (Emerson, 1928)

BURUNDI • 1 ♀ (queen), 1 ♂ (king), 2 soldiers, 2 workers (two samples); Gihofi-Giharo road; 27 Nov. 2013; ULB • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Gisagara; 30 Nov. 2013; ULB • 1 ♀ (queen), 1 ♂ (king), 3 soldiers, 3 workers (three samples); Ruvubu National Park; 29 Nov. 2013; ULB • 4 soldiers, 4 workers (four samples); Ruvubu National Park; 2014; ULB.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO • 1 soldier, 1 worker, paratypes; Haut-Uélé, Faradje; 1912; RMCA • 1 worker, paratype; Haut-Uélé, Faradje; 1912; PPRI • 2 soldiers, 2 workers (two samples); Haut-Uélé, Toro; 1926; RMCA • 3 ♀♀ (queens), 1 ♀ (alate), 1 ♂ (king), 1 ♂ (alate), 3 soldiers, 3 workers (six samples); Haut-Uélé, Garamba National Park; 1950–1951; RMCA • 1 soldier, 1 worker; Mikembo; 21 Dec. 2011; ULB.

KENYA • 1 ♀ (alate), 1 soldier, 1 worker; 7 Aug. 2015; ULB.

RWANDA • 1 ♀ (queen), 1 soldier, 1 worker; Kinazi; 8 Jan. 1953; RMCA.

UGANDA • 1 ♀ (queen), 1 soldier, 1 worker; Bugiri; 8 Aug. 1957; RMCA.

Notes

Published as part of Josens, Guy & Deligne, Jean, 2019, Species groups in the genus Cubitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) defined on the basis of enteric valve morphology, pp. 1-72 in European Journal of Taxonomy 515 on page 50, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.515, http://zenodo.org/record/2638175

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References

  • Emerson A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57 (7): 401 - 574.