Caetetermes taquarussu 塔夸拉林白蚁
- Type locality
- Ecuador: Morona-Santiago: Los Tayos [3.1S 78.2W]
- Distribution
- South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Guyana
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Summary
Caetetermes taquarussu is a species and the type species of the genus Caetetermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Fontes in 1981; the type locality is Ecuador: Morona-Santiago: Los Tayos [3.1S 78.2W]. Distribution: South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Guyana.
Etymology
Genus name Caetetermes: From the Tupi place name Caeté + -termes.
Specific epithet taquarussu: Tupi taquara (bamboo) + -ussu (large)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Caetetermes — 2 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: South America, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Ecuador, Guyana
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Morphology
A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Fontes, 1981. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
Distribution map
Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.
Related papers
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- Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana
Abstract
Caetetermes fontesi sp. nov. is described from soldiers, workers, and winged imagos collected in French Guiana. Soldiers of C. fontesi are distinguished from Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes 1981, until now a monotypic genus, by their larger size, deeper coloration, and shorter and thicker nasus. The imago of C. fontesi is larger and the enteric valve of the dimorphic C. fontesi workers have larger cushions with more and longer spines than C. taquarussu. Worker dimorphism for Neotropical nasutitermitinae is discussed.
- Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae): description of the imago caste and new distributional records
Abstract
Caetetermes Fontes, 1981 is a monotypic South American genus of Nasutitermitinae. Its single species, Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes, 1981, was described based on morphological characters from soldiers and workers collected at three localities in the tropical rainforest of northeastern Ecuador. Several samples of C. taquarussu represented also by the imago caste were examined at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP) and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA (USNM). Herein, we describe the imago caste of Caetetermes for the first time, with notes on soldier and worker caste and new distributional records for the species.
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Other species in Caetetermes (1 species)
Cite this species
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GB/T 7714
班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Caetetermes taquarussu 塔夸拉林白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/caetetermes-taquarussu/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_caetetermes_taquarussu_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Caetetermes taquarussu: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/caetetermes-taquarussu/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Caetetermes taquarussu: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/caetetermes-taquarussu/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -