Genus
Ekueitermes Duran-Bautista & Celis-Daza, 2026
Nomenclature (1)
- Ekueitermes Duran-Bautista & Celis-Daza, 2026 in Duran-Bautista, Celis-Daza, Poveda Quezada, Ortiz-Morea, Scheffrahn & Castro, 2026: 278.
type species by original designation Ekueitermes alerosinus Duran-Bautista & Celis-Daza, 2026
Nomenclature references (1)
- Duran-Bautista, E.H., Celis-Daza, F., Poveda Quezada, N.S., Ortiz-Morea, F.A., Scheffrahn, R.H. & Castro, D. (2026) Ekueitermes alerosinus, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from Colombia (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys, 1292, 275–292. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1292.195853
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 Uitoto word eeko (phonetically eekuei), meaning spine, refers to the spines located on the distal portion of the EV cushions in workers and honours the Uitoto indigenous community inhabiting the Colombian Amazon.