identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
BBBD60CEFC1E5B7490B3F3E261FB5ADE.text	BBBD60CEFC1E5B7490B3F3E261FB5ADE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ekueitermes alerosinus Duran-Bautista & Celis-Daza 2026	<div><p>Ekueitermes alerosinus Duran-Bautista &amp; Celis-Daza sp. nov.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype. • Worker (LEUA -22581) in a separate vial with the rest of the sample .</p><p>Type locality.</p><p>Colombia. Caquetá. Florencia. La Viciosa. <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.6661&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.4969" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.6661/lat 1.4969)">Centro de Investigaciones Amazónicas Cimaz. Macagual</a>, 1.4969, -75.6661.</p><p>Type repository.</p><p>University of the Amazon, Central Taxonomic Collection in liquid at the “ Laboratorio de Entomología de la Universidad de la Amazonia ” (LEUA).</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>Colombia — Caquetá • Florencia, Village La viciosa, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.6661&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.4969" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.6661/lat 1.4969)">farm Centro de Investigaciones Amazónicas Cimaz. Macagual</a> (1.4969, -75.6661), 17 Feb. 2017, 269 m, E. Durán coll.; 5 workers (LEUA -22581) • Puerto Rico, Village La Tigra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.2025&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.7894" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.2025/lat 1.7894)">farm La Cabaña</a> (1.7894, -75.2025), 08 Aug. 2018, 310 m, E. Durán coll.; 4 workers (LEUA -22582) • Montañita, Village Victoria Alta, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.4375&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.4875" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.4375/lat 1.4875)">farm Pekín</a> (1.4875, -75.4375), 23 Feb. 2018, 260 m, E. Durán coll.; 11 workers (LEUA -22585) • El Doncello, Village La Ceiba, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.2686&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.7425" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.2686/lat 1.7425)">farm El Volga</a> (1.7425, -75.2686), 02 Sep. 2018, 342 m, E. Durán coll.; 13 workers (LEUA -22583) • El Doncello, Village La Ceiba, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-75.2666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=1.7394" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -75.2666/lat 1.7394)">farm El Volga</a> (1.7394, -75.2666), 02 Sep. 2018, 342 m, E. Durán coll.; 7 workers (LEUA -22584) — Antioquia • <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-74.9925&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.0499" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -74.9925/lat 6.0499)">San Luis</a> (6.0499, -74.9925), 21 Jan. 1996, 998 m, J. Krecek coll.; 6 workers (UFTC -CO 869) .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>As described for the genus.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Imago. Unknown.</p><p>Worker (Figs 1, 2, 3; Table 1). Monomorphic. Medium-sized. Body and head size varies from medium-sized to large. Pale white-yellowish cephalic capsule, covered with numerous uniformly spaced, long, fine, pale, erect setae interspersed with shorter setae; slightly concave dorsal surface in lateral view. Antennal articles translucent white. Pronotum with a fringe of long, fine, erect setae along anterior and posterior margins; several long setae on lateral margins. Mesonotum and metanotum with fringes of setae distributed along the margin of the anterior lobe. Transparent abdomen, tergites, and sternites densely covered with bristles of varying lengths. Forecoxa and anterior femur with some with numerous pale, fine, erect setae of varying sizes. Fore-tibiae, strongly inflated with a few long setae interspersed with numerous minute, densely packed setae; tibial spines weakly developed on all legs and not evident except distally; tibial spur formula 2: 2: 2.</p><p>Digestive tube with a voluminous crop narrowing toward the gizzard, mixed segment (MS) with a short, but not inflated, mesenteric tongue. Width of the first proctodeal segment (P 1) uniform, narrowing toward the apex of the EVS, EVS well-differentiated and tubular, separate from P 3. Medium-sized and tubular EV with six elongated, lightly sclerotised cushions, each with a conical shape, wider at the base (near P 1) and narrower at the apex (near P 3), with ~ 50 fringed, polygonal scales ranging from 4 to 15 each. Each pad is armed at the distal end with 7–17 straight to slightly curved, strongly sclerotised spines arranged in a palmate shape. The proximal portion of the pad has a small spine directed distally (near P 1) or, occasionally, one of the cushions may have up to two spines the intercushion area with 13–22 scales similar to those on the pads (Fig. 3 B; Suppl. material 2).</p><p>Comparison and remarks.</p><p>See genus remarks above.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet alerosinus is after Alejandro Duran, Leofrey Duran, and Rosario Bautista (son and parents of the first author), whose names are combined in the root Alero, in recognition of their unconditional support and affection throughout his training as a researcher.</p><p>Ecology and distribution.</p><p>The species was mainly collected in the soil, up to 20 cm deep. Like many Apicotermitinae in the New World, it does not build above-ground structures. It inhabits a variety of environments, including natural forests, pastures, and agroforestry systems. Geographically, the species is distributed from the Amazonian foothills in the department of Caquetá to the Central Andes in the department of Antioquia. Consequently, the species exhibits a broad altitudinal range, occurring from 260 m in the lowlands to 998 m above sea level in the Andean region (Fig. 4). In the Andean region, it has been recorded in association with Dolichorhinotermes longidens . Previous literature records for this species in Caquetá were reported by Castro et al. (2021) under the provisional name Apicotermitinae sp. 4, a designation consistent with the habitat data and paratypes examined in the present study.</p><p>Molecular analysis and phylogenetic relationships.</p><p>Sequencing yielded one COI haplotype (Suppl. material 3) and two 16 S haplotypes (Suppl. material 4). Standard IUPAC ambiguity codes (Y, R, K) were consistently recovered at a few COI positions across all replicates and in both reading directions, representing intra-sample polymorphism expected from pooled individuals. The final concatenated matrix comprised 941 bp for 34 terminals.</p><p>BI recovered Ekueitermes alerosinus gen. et sp. nov. (H 1, H 2) as a monophyletic clade with maximum support (PP = 1), placed as sister to Disjunctitermes insularis (PP = 0.99; Fig. 5). Maximum likelihood recovered the same two relationships (100 / 100 and 77 / 92, respectively; Suppl. material 5). The two methods differed in the placement of Grigiotermes hageni (Snyder &amp; Emerson, 1949), Rustitermes boteroi Castro et al., 2020, and Anoplotermes parvus Snyder, 1923 . Deeper nodes within the Neotropical clade were weakly supported under both criteria.</p><p>Genetic distances (Suppl. material 6) were minimal between the two haplotypes obtained here (K 2 P = 0.0011), confirming that both belong to a single lineage. The closest relative was D. insularis (K 2 P = 0.1007–0.1019), a divergence exceeding that observed between several genera included in this analysis; 56 intergeneric pairs showed lower values, including Hydrecotermes kawaii and Patawatermes nigripunctatus (0.0702), Patawatermes turricola and H. kawaii (0.0790), and Longustitermes manni and Anoplotermes parvus (0.0838).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BBBD60CEFC1E5B7490B3F3E261FB5ADE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Duran-Bautista, Ervin H.;Celis-Daza, Fernando;Poveda Quezada, Nasly S.;Ortiz-Morea, Fausto A.;Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.;Castro, Daniel	Duran-Bautista, Ervin H., Celis-Daza, Fernando, Poveda Quezada, Nasly S., Ortiz-Morea, Fausto A., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Castro, Daniel (2026): Ekueitermes alerosinus, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from Colombia (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1292: 275-292, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.195853
A8B982AD09775C1D9BD072FDC5268FE6.text	A8B982AD09775C1D9BD072FDC5268FE6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ekueitermes Duran-Bautista & Celis-Daza 2026	<div><p>Ekueitermes Duran-Bautista &amp; Celis-Daza gen. nov.</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Ekueitermes alerosinus sp. nov.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Mixed segment with a short, but not inflated, mesenteric tongue (Fig. 2 C). P 1 very short. The EVA of Ekueitermes alerosinus gen. et sp. nov. is composed of six conical cushions covered with 18–25 fringed polygonal scales, ranging from 4–15 each. The cushions are armed at the distal end with 7–17 sclerotised spines arranged in a palmate shape (Fig. 3 A, B). The enteric valve (EV) has a well-differentiated, tubular enteric valve seating (EVS; Fig. 2 E).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Imago. Unknown.</p><p>Worker. (Figs 1, 2, 3). Medium-sized (Fig. 1 E), conspicuous and oval fontanelle, behind the brain (visible in preserved specimens) (Fig. 1 A). Postclypeus strongly inflated; head pale white-yellowish with numerous uniformly spaced, long, fine, pale, erect setae interspersed with shorter setae (Fig. 1 B). Antennae with 14 articles (formula 2&gt; 3 &lt;4 &lt;5). Left mandible with apical tooth prominent compared to M 1 + 2; gap between the two forming an acute angle, posterior margin of M 1 + 2 weakly concave (Fig. 1 C); M 3 (third marginal) less prominent than M 1 + 2, edges forming an acute angle; well-developed molar prominence, not concealing molar process in dorsal view. Right mandible with apical tooth prominent compared to M 1; small M 1, slightly exceeding M 2; gap between M 1 and M 2 forming right angle, M 2 with concave posterior margin; without ridges. Pronotum saddle-shaped; anterior and posterior margins with a fringe of long, fine, erect setae. Anterior lobe broader than long, and posterior lobe is short and broad; meso-and metanotum also with fringes of setae on anterior margins. Middle fore-tibiae strongly inflated and hind legs slender with numerous long, pale, fine, erect setae on coxae, femora, tibiae, and tarsi (Fig. 1 D), with a few long setae interspersed with numerous minute, densely packed setae; tibial spines weakly developed on all legs and not evident except distally; tibial spur formula 2: 2: 2.</p><p>Digestive tube with voluminous crop (Fig. 2 D); mixed segment with a short, but not inflated, mesenteric tongue (Fig. 2 B, C); midgut short and slender, widening into a very short and tubular P 1, not forming a ventral loop; EVS well differentiated and tubular (Fig. 2 E); EV armed, composed of six elongated, lightly sclerotised cushions, each terminating distally in a cluster of 7–17 straight to slightly curved, strongly sclerotised spines arranged in a palmate shape (Fig. 3 A). Cushions distally narrow and then abruptly expanded at the point where the spines arise, cushion surface covered by ~ 50 polygonal, scale-like cells, each bearing a distal fringe of fine, short filaments (Fig. 3 B). Intercushion area composed basally of fringed squamous cells and anteriorly of narrow, longitudinally striated cells. P 3 large and voluminous; P 4 very long and slender (Fig. 2 A), abruptly broadening into a sac-like P 5 (Fig. 2 D).</p><p>Comparison and remarks.</p><p>The digestive tube morphology of Ekueitermes gen. nov. resembles that of Patawatermes Bourguignon &amp; Roisin, 2016 and Hirsutitermes Scheffrahn, Carrijo &amp; Castro, 2023 . However, Ekueitermes gen. nov. possesses a shorter EVS, whereas in Patawatermes, the EVS is a prominent, externally visible tubular extension. Furthermore, Hirsutitermes exhibits a very long EVS characterised by three small, distinctive lobes, which are absent in Ekueitermes gen. nov.</p><p>While the EV of Ekueitermes gen. nov. may resemble that of Patawatermes, they are easily distinguished because Patawatermes cushions bear approximately 50–80 scales with posterior spiny fringes, whereas Ekueitermes gen. nov. presents only 18–25 fringed polygonal scales. Additionally, the EVA of Patawatermes consists of six rounded spiny cushions, unlike Ekueitermes gen. nov., where each cushion is armed at the distal end with 7–17 long, sclerotised spines in a palmate shape.</p><p>Although Disjunctitermes Scheffrahn, 2017 was recovered as the sister group of Ekueitermes gen. nov. (Fig. 5), the two genera are readily distinguished by their gut morphology. Disjunctitermes has a spheroidal mesenteric tongue and a large, robustly trilobed EVS, whereas Ekueitermes gen. nov. has a short, non-inflated mesenteric tongue and a well-differentiated tubular EVS. In addition, the EV of Disjunctitermes lacks sclerotised, spiny armature altogether, whereas in Ekueitermes gen. nov. each cushion terminates in a palmate cluster of 7–17 strongly sclerotised spines.</p><p>Molecular analysis.</p><p>The haplotypes obtained (H 1 and H 2) formed a strongly supported monophyletic clade (SH-aLRT / UFBoot = 100 / 100). This clade appears as a sister group to Disjunctitermes insularis Scheffrahn, 2017, a relationship that is also recovered under both criteria (PP = 0.99; 77 / 92).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>From the Uitoto word eeko (phonetically eekuei), meaning spine, refers to the spines located on the distal portion of the EV cushions in workers and honours the Uitoto indigenous community inhabiting the Colombian Amazon.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A8B982AD09775C1D9BD072FDC5268FE6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Duran-Bautista, Ervin H.;Celis-Daza, Fernando;Poveda Quezada, Nasly S.;Ortiz-Morea, Fausto A.;Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.;Castro, Daniel	Duran-Bautista, Ervin H., Celis-Daza, Fernando, Poveda Quezada, Nasly S., Ortiz-Morea, Fausto A., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Castro, Daniel (2026): Ekueitermes alerosinus, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from Colombia (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1292: 275-292, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1292.195853
