Reticulitermes nelsonae, a New Species of Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae) from the Southeastern United States

Su Yee Lim; Brian T Forschler

doi:10.3390/insects3010062

Reticulitermes nelsonae, a New Species of Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae) from the Southeastern United States

Insects. 2012 Jan 6;3(1):62-90. doi: 10.3390/insects3010062.

Authors

Su Yee Lim¹, Brian T Forschler²

Affiliations

¹ Household and Structural Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology, 413 Biosciences Building, 120 Cedar St., University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. suyee03@gmail.com.
² Household and Structural Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology, 413 Biosciences Building, 120 Cedar St., University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. bfor@uga.edu.

Abstract

Reticulitermes nelsonae, a new species of Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) is described based on specimens from Sapelo Island, GA, Thomasville, GA, Havelock, NC, and Branford, FL. Adult (alate) and soldier forms are described. Diagnostic characters are provided and incorporated into a supplemental couplet of a dichotomous key to the known species of Reticulitermes found in Georgia, USA.

Keywords: Isoptera; Termitoidea; dichotomous key; morphometrics; new species; phylogenetics; taxonomy.