Species
Mangolditermes curveileum Scheffrahn, Carrijo & Castro, 2023
Nomenclature (1)
- Mangolditermes curveileum Scheffrahn, Carrijo & Castro, 2023 in Carrijo, Castro, Wang, Constantini, Bourguignon, Cancello, Roisin & Scheffrahn, 2023: 332.
Holotype; worker/pseudoworker; 48d76064-5734-4e5d-9ab5-a32812f28ad9; deposited at: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP);
Nomenclature references (1)
- Carrijo, T.F., Castro, D., Wang, M.-L., Constantini, J.P., Bourguignon, T., Cancello, E.M., Roisin, Y. & Scheffrahn, R.H. (2023) Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys, 1167, 317–352. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.100001
Other references (0)
Descendants and synonyms
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The epithet curveileum is a compound noun formed from the words curved and ileum in reference to the curved P1 (the ileum), visible in the left view of the digestive tract.