Abstract
A new species of open-air processional column termite is here described based on the soldier and worker castes from eight colonies in north Barito, central Kalimantan. Hospitalitermes nigriantennalis sp. n. is readily distinguished in the field from related Hospitalitermes spp. by the light brown to orangish coloration of the soldier head capsule that, further, is with vertex yellowish and nasus brownish. The soldier antenna and the maxillary and labial palps are blackish. By contrast, soldiers from other species of Hospitalitermes from this region have a uniformly black head capsule and antennae. Finally, Hospitalitermes nigriantennalis sp. n. has a minute indentation in the middle of the posterior part of head capsule, which further helps to differentiate this new species from other Hospitalitermes from the Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan regions.
Highlights
More than 2,900 living termite species (Engel et al 2009) belonging to 281 genera have been described worldwide (Krishna et al 2013)
The open-air processional column termites consist of three genera: Hospitalitermes Holmgren, 1912, Lacessititernes Holmgren, 1912 and Longipeditermes Holmgren, 1912 (Syaukani et al 2011)
Most species of this group are conspicuous because, unlike the vast majority of termites, workers and soldiers forage above ground or on leaf litter in processional columns (Tho 1992, Jones and Gathorne-Hardy 1995, Miura and Matsumoto 1998, Syaukani 2010, Syaukani et al 2011)
Summary
More than 2,900 living termite species (Engel et al 2009) belonging to 281 genera have been described worldwide (Krishna et al 2013). Keywords Termite, Hospitalitermes, new species, central Kalimantan, Borneo The open-air processional column termites consist of three genera: Hospitalitermes Holmgren, 1912, Lacessititernes Holmgren, 1912 and Longipeditermes Holmgren, 1912 (Syaukani et al 2011).
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