Genus
Tiunatermes Carrijo, Cuezzo & Santos, 2015
Nomenclature (1)
- Tiunatermes Carrijo, Cuezzo & Santos, 2015: 359.
type species by original designation Tiunatermes mariuzani Carrijo, Cuezzo & Santos, 2015
Nomenclature references (1)
- Carrijo, T.F., Cuezzo, C. & Santos, R.G. (2015) Tiunatermes mariuzani gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new nasute termite from the Brazilian savannah (Isoptera: Termitidae). Austral Entomology, 54(4), 358–365. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12137
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From the Tupi language ‘ti’ = nose and ‘una’ = dark; and the Latin ‘termes’ = termite, meaning termite with dark nose.