Coendutermes tucum 纤维箭猪白蚁
- Type locality
- Brasil: Mato Grosso: Juína, Estação Ecológica de Iquê [12.1S 59.3W]
- Distribution
- Brazil, Colombia, Suriname
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Summary
Coendutermes tucum is the only extant species of the genus Coendutermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Fontes in 1985; the type locality is Brasil: Mato Grosso: Juína, Estação Ecológica de Iquê [12.1S 59.3W]. Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname.
Etymology
Genus name Coendutermes: From Tupi Coendou (prehensile-tailed porcupine) + termes.
Specific epithet tucum: From tucum, a palm (Tupi)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Coendutermes — monotypic, 1 species
Distribution
- Distribution records: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname
The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.
Morphology
The description below is paraphrased from the original or a later revision, by caste; the source is cited at the end.
Diagnostic characters
In the soldier the dorsal surface and sides of the head bear many scattered hollow glandular setae that are stout, brown and truncate at the tip; apart from the tip of the nasus the head has no ordinary setae; the nasus is conical, slightly curved upwards and pointed at the apex; the antennae are very long and extend far beyond the tip of the nasus.
Soldier
Monotypic; the dorsal surface and sides of the head capsule bear many scattered hollow glandular setae that are large, erect, brown and truncate at the tip; apart from the tip of the nasus the head has no ordinary setae; the nasus is conical, slightly curved upwards and pointed at the apex; the postclypeus is weakly inclined and visible in dorsal view; the apex of each mandible bears a separate projection but no well-developed apical point; the antennae are very long and extend far beyond the tip of the nasus.
Worker
Apparently monotypic; the abdominal sclerites are pale or colourless and transparent, so that the gut contents show through; there are no glandular setae; the head bears a few long setae and many of medium length; the postclypeus is moderately inflated, width/length 2.90–3.25.
This genus is monotypic, containing only this species; the following is the genus-level description based on the original literature; species-level measurements and intraspecific variation are given in the original.
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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- Coendutermes tucum Fontes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae): description of the imago caste and additional notes
Abstract
Coendutermes Fontes, 1985 is a monotypic South American termite genus. Coendutermes tucum Fontes, 1985, was described based on morphological characters from soldiers and workers collected in Mato Grosso, Brazil, and Jodensavanne, Suriname. Herein, I describe the imago caste of C. tucum for the first time with additional notes on soldiers, workers, and new distributional records. The studied material is deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP). I use the terminology of Fontes (1987) to describe worker mandibles, and that of Noirot (2001) for the different parts of the digestive tube of workers. I measured the imagoes morphometric characters following Roonwal (1970): LH, length of head capsule (9); WH, width of head capsule without eyes (18); OF, occipito-fontanelle distance (23); DE, diameter of eye (48); LO, length of ocellus (55); WO, width of ocellus (56); EOD, eye-ocellus distance (57); LP, length of pronotum (65); WP, width of pronotum (68); LT, length of hind tibia (85). I took photographs of all castes with a stereomicroscope (Leica M205C) attached to a video camera (Leica DFC295) and images of gizzard and enteric valve under a microscope (Leica DM750B) attached to a video camera (Leica ICC50HD), then I combined the stacks of images with the software Leica LAS EZ 2.0 or Helicon Focus 5.2.11 X64. For the scanning electron micrographs (SEM), one soldier was dried to critical point while directly mounted on a stub with double face adhesive tape, then coated with gold and photographed with the SEM (Zeiss LEO 440 ®).
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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: Coendutermes tucum 纤维箭猪白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/coendutermes-tucum/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_coendutermes_tucum_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Coendutermes tucum: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/coendutermes-tucum/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Coendutermes tucum: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/coendutermes-tucum/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -