species

Grigiotermes piassava Carvalho & Vasconcellos, 2024

Nomenclature (1)

Grigiotermes piassava Carvalho & Vasconcellos, 2024 in Carvalho, Rocha, Koroiva, Monteiro & Vasconcellos, 2024: 2.
Holotype; worker/pseudoworker; acab9dfe-6aa4-42d3-aca0-5252b46c6961; deposited at: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP);

Nomenclature references (1)

Carvalho, A., Rocha, M.M., Koroiva, R., Monteiro, S.R.P. & Vasconcellos, A. (2024) New Species of Grigiotermes (Apicotermitinae, Termitidae) from the Northern Atlantic Forest, Delimited by Morphological and Molecular Data. Sociobiology, 71(1), e9708: 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v71i1.9708

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	0	1

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The species epithet “piassava” was made from the word “piaçava.” Piaçava is a broom made with fibers of palm trees, very commonly used in countryside regions of Brazil, and the enteric valve shape of the new species is similar