First record of the termite, Dentispicotermes cupiporanga Bandeira & Cancello, 1992 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) from Venezuela and new genus records from Bolivia and Paraguay

Abstract

Dentispicotermes Emerson, 1950 comprises five species confined to the Neotropics. We report the presence of D. cupiporanga Bandeira & Cancello, 1992 in northern Venezuela and two undescribed congeners from Bolivia and Paraguay. This soil-feeding termite genus is rare and is characterized by a diagnostic enteric valve armature that we describe for the first time.

Keywords

• Distribution
• enteric valve armature
• soldier
• wor