Antillean Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae): Parvitermes collinsae, a New Subterranean Termite from Hispaniola and Redescription of P. pallidiceps and P. wolcotti

Abstract

Three Parvitermes species are described from recent Antillean collections. All exhibit a dimorphic soldier caste characterized by rare major soldiers, reported from Parvitermes for the first time, and minor soldiers with constricted heads. Workers share similarities in digestive tube morphology and enteric valve armature. Soldiers and workers of a new species, Parvitermes collinsae, are described and the descriptions of Parvitermes wolcotti (Snyder, 1924) from Puerto Rico and P. pallidiceps (Banks, 1919) from Hispaniola are revised.