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Nomenclature (1)

  • Silvestritermes duende Rocha & Cancello, 2012 in Rocha, Cancello & Carrijo, 2012: 818.

    Holotype; soldier; fe5e5cfe-2e1e-462e-ae6c-7d22d1b77d39; deposited at: Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade de Brasília, Brazil; (UNB);

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

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Descendants and synonyms

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

‘duende’ is an equivalent for ‘elf’ in Portuguese, a folkloric creature that lives in forests.