Mapinguaritermes marizalensis, a new species of Syntermitinae (Blattodea, Termitidae) from Brazilian Amazon
Emanuelly F. Lucena·ALEXANDRE VASCONCELLOS·Mauricio M. Rocha·Torbjørn Haugaasen·Carlos A. Peres·GUSTAVO CYSNEIROS·Rozzanna Esther C. R. Figueirêdo
In this study, Mapinguaritermes marizalensis sp. nov. (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) is described based on external and internal morphological characters of workers and soldiers, as well as molecular data. The new species was collected in the Juruá River basin, central Brazilian Amazonia, and can be readily distinguished from the other congeners, M. peruanus and M. grandidens, by the soldiers’ conspicuously larger and subrectangular head capsules, as well as shorter and more robust mandibles. Howev