Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae) of Ecuador

Autor:	Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Brian W. Bahder, Susan Whitney-King, Jan Křeček, Clifford B. Keil
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Cloud forest Ecology Fauna Amazonian food and beverages Kalotermitidae Biology biology.organism_classification Termitidae Insect Science parasitic diseases Taxonomy (biology) Rhinotermitidae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Global biodiversity
Zdroj:	Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.). 45:529-536
ISSN:	2168-6351 0037-9271
DOI:	10.1080/00379271.2009.10697634
Popis:	Termites are an abundant and diverse group in the Neotropics with about 500 species representing 83 genera. The paucity of the termite fauna recorded from Ecuador is due, in part, to a lack of deliberate surveys. We revise the termite fauna of Ecuador and raise the number of species from 25 species to 72 based on our recent termite surveys. Of the 72 species, 18 could not be conclusively identified and are likely new species. Given the limited area that has been covered in surveys of the Ecuadorian termite fauna, there are undoubtedly many more species to be recorded for Ecuador, primarily in the eastern lowland areas, cloud forests on both the eastern and western slopes of the Andes, and the Amazonian lowland forests.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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