Genus
Tucupitermes Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & de Azevedo, 2025
Type
Nomenclature (1)
- Tucupitermes Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & de Azevedo, 2025 in Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli, Heleodoro, de Morais, Brown, Kille, Cunha & de Azevedo, 2025: 187.
type species by original designation Tucupitermes ubixaba Almeida-Azevedo, Acioli & de Azevedo, 2025
Nomenclature references (1)
- Almeida-Azevedo, R., Acioli, A.N.S., Heleodoro, R.A., de Morais, J.W., Brown, G.G., Kille, P., Cunha, L. & de Azevedo, R.A. (2025) Tucupitermes, the largest Apicotermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5633(1), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.11
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From the Tupi-Guarani “Tiku’pir”, which means “yellow juice extracted from the root of the wild cassava when peeled, grated and squeezed”, in reference to the color of the worker.