Bandeiratermes silvestrii, 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 : 459

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C86210F3-E340-4C97-82D4-27461CD5BFBD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6574256
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB783D-FFBF-5723-FF38-96D6797F05F1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bandeiratermes silvestrii
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Bandeiratermes silvestrii View in CoL , new combination

Armitermes silvestrii Emerson View in CoL in Snyder, 1949: 337 (no description, only reference to Silvestri, 1901 and 1903).

Type Material. Lectotype soldier, deposited at AMNH, from Brazil, Mato Grosso state, Cuiabá, Coxipó district , 06.ix.1900, F. Silvestri coll. (not examined).

Imago. Described by Silvestri (1903) p. 79.

Soldier. Described by Silvestri (1903) as Armitermes albidus (misidentification); Emerson & Banks (1957) provided a good redescription, while additional pictures are provided herein ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ). Figured by Scheffrahn (2021).

Worker. External morphology as described for the genus.

Digestive tube ( Figs 14 View FIGURE 14 , 15a–15e View FIGURE 15 ). As described for the genus, the gut conformation is the same as Ban. tellustris , differing only in size (slightly larger) and by the mesenteric tongue width (slightly narrower).

Material examined. BRAZIL. Distrito Federal: Brasília, Fazenda Água Limpa , 04.vi.1993, Carlos (UNB- 00155) . Goiás: Cristalina, 19.vii.2015, T. Carrijo (25459); Goiânia, 3 kilometer marker on right hand side of the highway to Guapó, Km 4, 27.v.1986, Iris O. Cabral (8858) . Mato Grosso: APM Manso, 17.v.1999, R.Constantino (UNB-1664); APM Manso— Morro do Chapéu, 14.i.1999, R.Constantino (UNB-0812, UNB-0810); Barra do Garça , 22.vii.2015, R. G.Santos (25440); Juruena, Plantio de Teca , 06.vii.2002, R.Constantino (UNB-3436); Rio Coxipó , 18.ii.1976, R. L.Araujo (7228), 14.ii.1976 (6705); Rondonópolis, 23.vii.2015, T. Carrijo (24804) . Mato Grosso do Sul: Coxim , 24.vii.2015, T.Carrijo (25396), C. Cuezzo (25140), R. G.Santos (24759); Sonora, 23.vii.2015, C.Cuezzo (25137) . Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, 13.ii.1976, R.L. Araujo (5098); between Uberlândia and Araxá, 09.xi.1972, R.L. Araujo (5713); P.N. Grande Sertão Veredas , 10.xii.2012, T. Carrijo (26443) .