ADDITIONS TO THE TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ISOPTERA FROM ARGENTINA

G J TORALES, J M CORONEL, M C GODOY, E R LAFFONT, V L ROMERO; ROMERO, VERONICA L.

SOCIOBIOLOGY

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV

Lugar: California; Año: 2008 vol. 51 p. 31 - 47

0361-6525

Nine new records of termite species from Argentina were detected, so that the termite fauna from this country now comprises 31 genera and 95 species/morphospecies. The geographic distribution of termites was extended to 264 localities, adding 49 of them from sampling at 8 provinces, and one from literature. The collection sites of the species/morphospecies were indicated, and also the feeding habits in the case of the new records. For seven provinces, the first records of 13 species previously cited from Argentina, belonging to the most representative families at this country (Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae), and a genus of Apicotermitinae, were reported.