Species
Silvestritermes almirsateri Rocha & Cancello, 2012
Nomenclature (1)
- Silvestritermes almirsateri Rocha & Cancello, 2012 in Rocha, Cancello & Carrijo, 2012: 817.
Holotype; soldier; ec64c09a-1980-4879-aaa7-9d3ff561f318; deposited at: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP);
Nomenclature references (1)
- Rocha, M.M., Cancello, E.M. & Carrijo, T.F. (2012) Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology, 37(4), 793–827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named in honour of Almir Sater, a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for his musical and poetic descriptions of the Pantanal. The Pantanal is an important wetland ecosystem of South America, where all the samples of this species were collected.