Coendutermes Fontes

Genus Coendutermes Fontes

Coendutermes Fontes, 1985: 135 –137.

Type-species. Coendutermes tucum Fontes, 1985, by original designation.

Distribution. Neotropical region: Brazil (Mato Grosso; Rondônia, loc. nov.) and Suriname.

Diagnosis. Imago, very hairy, small sized; distinct large eyes and ocelli; mandibles with concave molar area with ridges, M2 tooth from the right mandible with posterior margin slightly concave; postclypeus not inflated. Soldier, head capsule with distinct stout erect bristles over surface; vestigial mandibles, with short point; frontal tube short and conical throughout its length; convex postclypeus, forming a 45° angle with the axis of head capsule in profile; and antenna with 13 articles. Worker, mandibles with concave molar area with ridges and basal notch well-defined; digestive tube with a short mixed segment, dorsal torsion well-developed, first proctodeal segment joining the paunch at the left half of the abdomen in dorsal view; gizzard with a completely sclerotized cuticular armature, columnar folds I and II ornamented with small blunt and sparse spines; enteric valve armature weakly sclerotized, organized in two distinct rings with tiny blunt spines covering the cushions.