TY - JOUR
T1 - Termitotrox icarus sp. Nov. (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
T2 - A new termitophilous beetle from myanmar with observations of carrying behavior by host termites
AU - Kakizoe, Showtaro
AU - Liang, Wei Ren
AU - Myint, Khin Mar
AU - Maruyama, Munetoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Nobuyuki Tanaka (NSMT) and Dr. Mu Mu Aung (FRINM) for supporting our field survey and arranging the research permit, Dr. Yoko Takematsu (Yamaguchi University, Japan) for identification of the host termite, and Dr. Alberto Ballerio (Brescia, Italy), Dr. Paul E. Skelley (Florida State Collection of Arthropods, USA) and Dr. Martin Fikáček (National Museum, Czech Republic) for critically reading the manuscript. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19H03285 to MM, and JSPS Fellow (17J07016) to SK from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan.
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E*û*û*蔍縍?*蠍蜀 2000). Therefore, additional surveys in alrieca)s f or critically reading the manuscript. This work was where these macrotermitine genera are distributed may supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19H03285 lead to the discovery of undescribed species of Termitotrox. to MM, and JSPS Fellow (17J07016) to SK from the Japan K*©*舍萍萍縍蜀 (2008) suggested that the distributionS oofciety for the Promotion of Science, Japan.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A new species of scarab beetle, Termitotrox icarus sp. nov., is described from central Myanmar, being the third representative of the genus Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese Subregion of the Oriental Region. The majority of the type series was collected from the walls of fungus garden chambers built in the nests of the termite Odontotermes proformosanus Ahmad, 1965. Termitotrox icarus sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from the known Termitotrox as it possesses wing-shaped trichomes on the elytra, the more elongate habitus shape in dorsal view, the basomedian section of pronotum not protruding backwards, a pair of distinct costae on the pronotal basomedian section strongly developed, a median costa on anterior pronotal margin strongly develo-ped, the elytral striae narrower than interstriae, the lack of trichomes at the base of elytral sutural stria, and a mid-range body length of 1.5–1.9 mm. The ‘carrying behavior’ by the host termites is reported for the first time for Termitotrox and a strategy for the dispersal of flightless termitophilous scarabs is hypothesized.
AB - A new species of scarab beetle, Termitotrox icarus sp. nov., is described from central Myanmar, being the third representative of the genus Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese Subregion of the Oriental Region. The majority of the type series was collected from the walls of fungus garden chambers built in the nests of the termite Odontotermes proformosanus Ahmad, 1965. Termitotrox icarus sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from the known Termitotrox as it possesses wing-shaped trichomes on the elytra, the more elongate habitus shape in dorsal view, the basomedian section of pronotum not protruding backwards, a pair of distinct costae on the pronotal basomedian section strongly developed, a median costa on anterior pronotal margin strongly develo-ped, the elytral striae narrower than interstriae, the lack of trichomes at the base of elytral sutural stria, and a mid-range body length of 1.5–1.9 mm. The ‘carrying behavior’ by the host termites is reported for the first time for Termitotrox and a strategy for the dispersal of flightless termitophilous scarabs is hypothesized.
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U2 - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.27
DO - 10.37520/aemnp.2020.27
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089855461
SN - 0374-1036
VL - 60
SP - 427
EP - 436
JO - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
JF - Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
IS - 2
ER -