identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
FBA8A9635C6A54D88857900EFDCFA56F.text	FBA8A9635C6A54D88857900EFDCFA56F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chasitermes pax Scheffrahn & Carrijo 2023	<div><p>Chasitermes pax Scheffrahn &amp; Carrijo sp. nov.</p><p>Type locality.</p><p>Tunapuna, island of Trinidad.</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Tunapuna (10.667, -61.396), elev. 248 m, 4JAN2012, J. Chase, UFTC no. TT 2188 holotype worker and about 75 additional workers .</p><p>Diagnosis and description.</p><p>As described for the genus.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The species is named for the Pax Guest House where we stayed during our expeditions to Trinidad. It is on the tranquil and inspirational property of the Mount Saint Benedict Abby which encompasses the type locality of  C. pax .  “Pax” is latin for  “peace”, and represents a noun in apposition.</p><p>Ecology and distribution.</p><p>The  C. pax workers were collected under a stone. Gut contents confirm that  C. pax feeds on soil organic matter. So far, this species is only known from the Northern Range on the island of Trinidad.</p><p>Molecular analysis.</p><p>The gene tree recovered  Chasitermes pax as sister group to  Rubeotermes, but with very low posterior probability. The low branch support for most major clades in the neotropical  Apicotermitinae should be interpreted as a polytomy (Fig. 5).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FBA8A9635C6A54D88857900EFDCFA56F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.;Carrijo, Tiago F.	Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Carrijo, Tiago F. (2023): Chasitermes pax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad. ZooKeys 1139: 127-136, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972
B9DFDB0DEC385B23A0F81060DF188C1F.text	B9DFDB0DEC385B23A0F81060DF188C1F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chasitermes Scheffrahn & Carrijo 2023	<div><p>Chasitermes Scheffrahn &amp; Carrijo gen. nov.</p><p>Type-species.</p><p>Chasitermes pax Scheffrahn &amp; Carrijo, sp. nov.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The combination of unsclerotized rectangular EVA cushions, a tubular extension of EVS, and a prominent spherical mesenteric tongue make  C. pax unique among all  Apicotermitinae genera.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Imago unknown. Worker. (Figs 1 - 4). Monomorphic. Head capsule and antennae light yellowish. Head covered with ca 50 longer (0.1 mm) setae and a few shorter ones (Fig. 1). In lateral view, dorsal surface of the head capsule slightly convex; postclypeus is moderately inflated. Antennae with 14 articles (formula 2&gt;3≈4&lt;5). Pronotum with about 20 long setae concentrated mainly at the borders and a few shorter ones. Mandibles with apical teeth very prominent; left mandible with M1 triangulate, shorter than apical; premolar process longer than M3 (Fig. 2A). Apical tooth of right mandible as long as that of left but narrower; M1 as long as M2. Fore tibia moderately inflated (Fig. 2C) with about a dozen thick posterior setae concentrated at the distal half; lateral and anterior surfaces with thinner long and shorter setae. Digestive tube (Fig. 3 with abbreviations) with voluminous crop; mesenteron forming half circle; mixed segment with prominent spherical mesenteric tongue. First proctodeal segment (P1) widens to maximum diameter before P2, enteric valve seating (EVS) slightly trilobed. Third proctodeal segment (P3) with long tubular extension of the EVS seating to main reservoir (Fig. 4C) then narrowing again toward P4 (Fig. 3D). Cuticle of EVA without sclerotization (Fig. 4A, B) forming six rectangular cushions with about 100 scales each (Fig. 4A). Scales proximal to P1 subrectangular, each with 5-10 creases; scales in distal one-third lacking creases, more scale-like with long fringes (Fig. 4B). Measurements are provided in Table 1.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The single most diagnostic character of the  C. pax worker is the enteric valve armature which has unsclerotized rectangular cushions composed of creased or fringed scales. The tubular extension of the EVS in  C. pax is closest to  Patawatermes nigripunctatus (Emerson, 1925) but is much longer in the former and  P. nigripunctatus lacks a trilobed enteric valve seating. The left mandible of  C. pax has prominent premolar process closest to  Patawatermes turricola (Silvestri, 1901) but it is narrower and longer in the former.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Named in honor of the collector, James A. Chase.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9DFDB0DEC385B23A0F81060DF188C1F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Scheffrahn, Rudolf H.;Carrijo, Tiago F.	Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Carrijo, Tiago F. (2023): Chasitermes pax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad. ZooKeys 1139: 127-136, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972
