Velocitermes aporeticus ( Mathews 1977 ) Mathews, 1977

Oliveira, Danilo Elias & Constantino, Reginaldo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the neotropical termite genus Diversitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae), Zootaxa 4158 (2), pp. 221-245 : 222

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FCFD824-EB38-4CC4-93A0-16045C271436
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6078729
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87C0-9F1A-3672-CF83-F9F3698B23FA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Velocitermes aporeticus ( Mathews 1977 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Velocitermes aporeticus ( Mathews 1977) , new combination

Diversitermes aporeticus Mathews 1977: 184 –185, figs. 128–129.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Ribeirão Cascalheira (base camp of the Xavantina-Cachimbo Expedition), A.G.A Mathews, 2.xii.1967, holotype soldier (part of lot MZSP- 7398 ) and paratypes ( MZSP- 7398 , BMNH- 133977 and AMNH). Another 120 samples from several different localities, including new ones from the type locality.

Remarks. Mathews (1977) placed this species in Diversitermes based on its “niche (in rotten wood and old mounds of other species)”. However, this ecological delimitation is incorrect as both genera include species with diverse habits. All diagnostic morphological characters support its inclusion in Velocitermes : long legs and antennae, head of the major soldier constricted, and gut morphology.