Isognathotermes aff. planifrons (Sjöstedt, 1924)

Josens, Guy, Deligne, Jean, Harry, Myriam, Roy, Virginie, Akama, Pierre D., Coulibaly, Tenon, Dosso, Kanvaly, Goergen, Georg, Hasson, Michel, Kasangij, Patrick Kasangij A, Kifukieto, Carmel, Ru, Bruno Le, Loko, Laura Estelle Yêyinou, Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Baila, Roisin, Yves, Sion, Noémie, Šobotnik, Jan, Stiblik, Petr, Kuenda, Soki Kue Di, Traoré, Saran, Viage, Manuela, Wango, Solange Patricia, Kaymak, Esra, Bourguignon, Thomas & Hellemans, Simon, 2025, An integrative revision of the genus Isognathotermes (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae) with description of seven new species and four new subspecies, European Journal of Taxonomy 1024, pp. 1-197 : 171-172

Isognathotermes aff. planifrons (Sjöstedt, 1924)

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Diagnosis

This species has a soldier of planifrons morphology; nothing distinguishes it from other planifrons but the mitogenome has a dissimilarity>2% with the other samples of I. planifrons . It is therefore considered a possible cryptic species. However, there is only one sample that has this genetic signature, so it has not yet been described.

Material examined

One sample.

CAMEROON • soldier; Nsimi ; 3°10′ N, 11°58′ E; Nov. 1996; M. Harry leg.; study code: DJ P141; GenBank no PQ679213 (mitogenome); MNHN EP9827 .

Historical review

This putative cryptic species is known from a single nest, sampled in 1996, by one of us (MyH) between Nsimi and Zoétélé, Cameroon.

Molecular data

The mitogenome of DJ P141 exhibits up to 2.70% dissimilarity with the other samples of I. planifrons (Supp. file 4).