Vaninitermes brevinasus, Rocha, Mauricio M. & Cancello, Eliana M., 2022

Rocha, Mauricio M. & Cancello, Eliana M., 2022, Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera, Zootaxa 5138 (4), pp. 445-463 : 451-452

Vaninitermes brevinasus , new combination

Armitermes brevinasus Emerson & Banks, 1957: 1–3 (soldier), fig. 1.

Type Material. Holotype, one soldier deposited at American Museum of Natural History ( AMNH), New York, New York, U.S. A, from Itabu Creek , tributary of upper New River, Acary Mountains, British Guiana, x.1939, E. R. Blake coll. (not examined), and soldier and worker paratypes from the same holotype colony (examined).

Imago. Unknown.

Soldier. Described by Emerson & Banks (1957) additional photographs are provided herein ( Fig. 5 ).

Worker. External morphology as described for the genus.

Digestive tube ( Figs 6 , 7a–7f ). As described for the genus, the gut configuration is the same as V. ignotus , differing only in the size.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus , 11.iii.2016, J.P.Constantini (25223) . GUYANA. 01.x.1938, E . R.Blake (4681, paratypes of Embiratermes brevinasus ). FRENCH GUIANA. L5 Football Field, J.Šobotník (24424) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Soldier of Vaninitermes brevinasus. a, head in dorsal view; b, in profile.

FIGURE 6. Worker gut of Vaninitermes brevinasus. a, gizzard; b, enteric valve.

FIGURE 7. Worker gut of Vaninitermes brevinasus. a, dorsal; b, left; c, ventral; d, right view; e, detail of the stomodeal valve insertion; f, detail of the mesenteron-P1 junction and Malpighian tubules; g, worker mandibles in dorsal view.