Ereymatermes piquira 短小无名白蚁
- Type locality
- Brasil: Bahia: Ilhéus [14.7972S 39.073W]
- Distribution
- South America, Brazil, Peru
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Summary
Ereymatermes piquira is a species of the genus Ereymatermes, in the family TERMITIDAE (subfamily Nasutitermitinae). The species was described by Cancello & Cuezzo in 2007; the type locality is Brasil: Bahia: Ilhéus [14.7972S 39.073W]. Distribution: South America, Brazil, Peru.
Etymology
Genus name Ereymatermes: From the place name Ereyma; -termes from Latin termes.
Specific epithet piquira: Tupi piquira (small)
Taxonomic position
- Family: TERMITIDAE — 280 genera, 2144 species
- Subfamily: Nasutitermitinae — 81 genera, 606 species
- Genus: Ereymatermes — 3 species
- Type species of the genus: Ereymatermes rotundiceps
Distribution
- Distribution records: South America, Brazil, Peru
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: Cancello & Cuezzo, 2007. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.
Distribution map
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Related papers
Cached papers for this genus (matched automatically, for reference); to search this species with its junior synonyms merged in, use the literature search.
- A new species of Ereymatermes Constantino (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the northeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Abstract
Ereymatermes Constantino is a nasute genus endemic to the Neotropical region, which included Ereymatermes rotundiceps Constantino from the forest of the lower Japurá River, AM, Brazil, and E. panamensis Roisin from the Panama Canal area. Herein Ereymatermes piquira, a new species from the northeastern Atlantic Forest, is described and illustrated based on the soldier and worker castes. The meaning of the two types of workers ("worker with broad gap" and "worker with narrow gap") and its relation to feeding habits are discussed.
- Ereymatermes rotundiceps, new genus and species of termite from the Amazon Basin (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae)
Abstract
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- First record of Ereymatermes rotundiceps (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) as inquiline of Embiratermes neotenicus (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) in the Colombian Amazon
Abstract
We report, for the first time, the presence of the termite Ereymatermes rotundiceps Constantino, 1991 as an inquiline of the termite Embiratermes neotenicus (Holmgren, 1906) in the Colombian Amazon, and provide new morphometric information on the species. Soldiers of E. rotundiceps were collected in epigeal nests built by E. neotenicus in pastures during the transition from the dry to the rainy season. The association between host and inquiline termites does not seem to be antagonistic, but the relationship between these two species still needs to be clarified.
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Literature notes
Edited notes based on the original literature, not transcriptions. The source markers in each paragraph point to archived records in .sources; full citations are listed below.
Description of the new species and its type locality
According to Cancello & Cuezzo (2007), Ereymatermes piquira was described as a new species in that paper, with type locality Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil (14.7972°S, 39.073°W), in the genus Ereymatermes of Nasutitermitinae.
The paper describes Ereymatermes piquira from soldier and worker specimens and provides morphological figures of the soldier head capsule and nasus and of the worker mandibles; in Ereymatermes the soldier head capsule is oval and slightly constricted behind the antennal bases, the nasus is long and cylindrical and not upturned, the labrum is much reduced, the antennae are 12-segmented and the tibial spur formula is 2:2:2; the workers are dimorphic, the narrow-gap type being the more common.
References
Other species in Ereymatermes (2 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: Ereymatermes piquira 短小无名白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ereymatermes-piquira/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.
BibTeX
@misc{isoptera_ereymatermes_piquira_2026,
author = {班奈特格林},
title = {Ereymatermes piquira: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
year = {2026},
version = {2026.10.30},
howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ereymatermes-piquira/},
note = {TERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}
RIS
TY - ELEC TI - Ereymatermes piquira: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites) AU - 班奈特格林 PY - 2026 UR - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/ereymatermes-piquira/ DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836 ER -