Species
Ourissotermes giblinorum Scheffrahn, Carrijo & Castro, 2023
Nomenclature (1)
- Ourissotermes giblinorum Scheffrahn, Carrijo & Castro, 2023 in Carrijo, Castro, Wang, Constantini, Bourguignon, Cancello, Roisin & Scheffrahn, 2023: 337.
Holotype; worker/pseudoworker; 6b51cd15-4b89-4b1e-a0c7-f010ff027456; 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:
This species is named in honor of Dr. Robin M. Giblin-Davis and his son Sean Giblin. From 1985 to 2020, “Rob” was a former colleague of RHS at the University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale R.E.C., until his retirement. He taught RHS to appreciate nematodes in termites. For many years, Sean cleaned debris from thousands of termite vials upon the return of collection expeditions by RHS and colleagues listed in the “materials examined” section herein for UFTC samples. A complete listing of expeditions is available at Scheffrahn (2019).