First record of Ereymatermes rotundiceps (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) as inquiline of Embiratermes neotenicus (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) in the Colombian Amazon-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First record of Ereymatermes rotundiceps (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) as inquiline of Embiratermes neotenicus (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) in the Colombian Amazon

Published:2022-09 Issue:3 Volume:52 Page:232-235
ISSN:1809-4392
Container-title:Acta Amazonica
language:
Short-container-title:Acta Amaz.

Author:

DURAN-BAUTISTA Ervin Humprey¹^ORCID,BERMUDEZ María Fernanda²,CELIS-DAZA Fernando³

Affiliation:

1. Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación en Agroecosistemas y Conservación en Bosques Amazónicos - GAIA, Colombia

2. Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia; Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellín, Colombia

3. Universidad de la Amazonia, Colombia

Abstract

ABSTRACT We report, for the first time, the presence of the termite Ereymatermes rotundiceps Constantino, 1991 as an inquiline of the termite Embiratermes neotenicus (Holmgren, 1906) in the Colombian Amazon, and provide new morphometric information on the species. Soldiers of E. rotundiceps were collected in epigeal nests built by E. neotenicus in pastures during the transition from the dry to the rainy season. The association between host and inquiline termites does not seem to be antagonistic, but the relationship between these two species still needs to be clarified.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Link

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0044-59672022000300232&tlng=en

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