Genus
Mapinguaritermes Rocha & Cancello, 2012
Nomenclature (1)
- Mapinguaritermes Rocha & Cancello, 2012 in Rocha, Cancello & Carrijo, 2012: 825.
type species by original designation Armitermes peruanus Holmgren, 1906
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 |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Mapinguari is a folkloric ground-dwelling sloth-like creature with red fur. It is supposed to live in the Amazon rainforests, where most of the specimens of this genus and species were collected.