Neotermes costaseca: a new termite from the coastal desert of Peru and the redescription of N. chilensis (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)

Abstract

The imago and soldier castes of a new Neotermes species, N. costaseca, are described. It is only the third termite species known from the Pacific coastal desert of Peru. Neotermes costaseca sp. n. is compared with the allopatric Neotermes chilensis from the arid central and southern coastal plain of Chile.