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Interview with Rudolf Scheffrahn, 2003
No full textScheffrahn was born in East Prussia in May 1918 and spent his childhood in Rastenburg. He was drafted into the German Army at the onset of World War II and served from 1939-1945. After the war he and his wife immigrated to the US under the Displaced Person's Act. Scheffrahn worked as a watchmaker in California and moved to Boerne, Texas after retirement.
Topics: Life in Rastenberg, Germany, World War II, immigratio
TIAGO F. CARRIJO, RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN & JAN KŘEČEK (2015) Compositermes bani sp.n. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae), a new species of soldierless termite from Bolivia. Zootaxa, 3941(2): 294-298.
No full textCarrijo, Tiago F., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Křeček, Jan (2016): TIAGO F. CARRIJO, RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN & JAN KŘEČEK (2015) Compositermes bani sp.n. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae), a new species of soldierless termite from Bolivia. Zootaxa, 3941(2): 294-298. Zootaxa 4109: 400-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.1
Ebogotermes Scheffrahn & Roisin 2021, gen. nov.
No full textEbogotermes Scheffrahn & Roisin gen. nov. Type species. Ebogotermes raphaeli sp. n.Published as part of Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Roisin, Yves, Akama, Pierre Dieudonné & Šobotník, Jan, 2021, Ebogotermes raphaeli, new genus and new species, an African soldierless termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae), pp. 279-284 in Zootaxa 5067 (2) on page 280, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/567766
Compositermes bani Carrijo, Scheffrahn & Křeček, 2016, sp.n.
No full textCompositermes bani sp.n. Holotype: worker labeled as “ Bolivia, Sierra de Chochis, BO 842, SCCMNKM col. 31 /May/ 13 ”. Collection where the holotype is deposited: Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.Published as part of Carrijo, Tiago F., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. & Křeček, Jan, 2016, TIAGO F. CARRIJO, RUDOLF H. SCHEFFRAHN & JAN KŘEČEK (2015) Compositermes bani sp. n. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae), a new species of soldierless termite from Bolivia. Zootaxa, 3941 (2): 294 - 298., pp. 400 in Zootaxa 4109 on page 400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/26418
FIGURE 3 in Amitermes californicus Banks, 1920 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) resurrected after ninety years of synonymy and A. floridensis Scheffrahn, 1989 synonymized into A. wheeleri (Desneux, 1906)
No full textFIGURE 3. Amitermes soldier head capsules, dorsal view: A, B. A. californicus from Twenty Nine Palms, California; C, D. A. wheeleri from Corpus Christi, Texas; E, F. A. wheeleri from St. Petersburg, Florida.Published as part of Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., 2022, Amitermes californicus Banks, 1920 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae) resurrected after ninety years of synonymy and A. floridensis Scheffrahn, 1989 synonymized into A. wheeleri (Desneux, 1906), pp. 581-588 in Zootaxa 5128 (4) on page 584, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5128.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/648009
Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana
No full textScheffrahn, Rudolf H. (2022): Caetetermes fontesi, a new nasutiform termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from French Guiana. Zootaxa 5219 (6): 593-600, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5219.6.
Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics
No full textScheffrahn, Rudolf H. (2013): Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 3652 (3): 381-391, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.3.
Gastrotermes spinatus gen. n. sp. n., an African soil-feeding termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitidae)
No full textScheffrahn, Rudolf H. (2020): Gastrotermes spinatus gen. n. sp. n., an African soil-feeding termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitidae). Zootaxa 4789 (1): 291-296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1
An extraordinary new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae: Rhynchotermes) from the pasturelands of northern Colombia
No full textScheffrahn, Rudolf H. (2010): An extraordinary new termite (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae: Rhynchotermes) from the pasturelands of northern Colombia. Zootaxa 2387 (1): 63-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2387.1.6, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2387.1.
Cryptotermes camelus Scheffrahn 2021, sp. n.
No full textCryptotermes camelus sp. n. Imago. Unknown. Soldier (Fig 1). Head, in lateral view, grading from light orange at cervical margin to almost black at frontal flange; in dorsal view, coloration light orange at posterior margin grading to black at frontal flange; epicranial spot diffusely lighter. Mandibles concolorous with frons. Anterior margin of pronotum brown, grading to yellow at posterior. In lateral view, head capsule punctuated by massive hemispherical frontal flange with parallel sides; frontal horns and genal horns large, hemispherical; equal in size and shape. In dorsal view, head capsule constricted; spherical from constriction behind frontal flange to occiput; widening from constriction to frontolateral lateral margins of frontal flange. In frontal view, frons deeply concave and rugose; frontal flange forming two lateral orbitals with small, elliptical concavities at base of frontal horns. Pilosity sparse throughout head; denser on anterolateral margins of pronotum. In ventral view, margin of frontal flange squarely incised; forming 140° angle. Eye spots faint, narrowly elliptical. Labrum projecting over length of mandibles; in ventral view, tip squarely pointed, mirroring angle of frons. Mandibles projecting moderately for genus, squarely angled along outer margin about 120°; basal humps weakly rugose, barely detectable. In dorsal view, span of frontal flange slightly broader than that of genal horns; span of frontal horns narrower than genal horns. Antenna with 13 articles; formula 2>3>4=5. Anterior margin of pronotum incised with weak irregular sinuosity; anterolateral corners nearly square, lateral margins and posterior margin form an evenly rounded outline. Measurements (mm, single holotype soldier). Head length to tip of mandibles 1.46; head length to tip of genal horns 1.19, frontal flange width 1.01; frontal horns, outside span 0.81; genal horns, outside span 0.94; head width, maximum 1.14; head width, minimum (behind frontal horns) 1.01; head height, excluding postmentum 0.62; pronotum, maximum length 0.79; pronotum, maximum width 1.06; left mandible length, tip to ventral condyle 0.57; total length 3.8. Material examined. Holotype soldier in vial no. BO590 of the University of Florida Termite Collection, Davie, Florida. Vial labelled “Hwy 4 Tauritermes Mennonite site, SCCMNKM col., Site 18; 30-May-2013 ”. In addition to the single C. camelus soldier placed in a separate two-cm centrifuge tube, the vial also contains two soldiers and pseudergates of Tauritermes taurocephalus (Silvestri), and one soldier, nymphs, and pseudergates of Neotermes fulvescens (Silvestri), both new records for Bolivia. Type locality. Bolivia, Santa Cruz; - 17.5899 S, - 62.4423 W; elev. 278 m. Etymology. Named “camelus”, the Latin name for camel, referring to the protruding hemispherical “hump” of the frontal flange in lateral view. Diagnosis. No other species of Cryptotermes worldwide has a massive hemispherical frontal flange hump as seen in profile. Of all South American species, C. verruculosus has a large rounded flange leaning to the anterior but its sides are not near parallel (Fig 2a). Of all Neotropical Cryptotermes, C. garifunae Scheffrahn has a steep angular flange and very small genal horns (Fig 2b).Published as part of Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., 2021, Cryptotermes camelus (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Bolivian Chaco, pp. 145-147 in Zootaxa 4938 (1) on pages 145-147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/456150
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