Resumen de Morphological and nest notes of Ruptitermes arboreus (Emerson), an Amazonian soldierless termite
João Alves Oliveira, Valéria Barbosa Rodrigues, Agno Nonato Serrão Acioli, Renato Almeida de Azevedo, Elizabeth Franklin, José Wellington de Morais
Ruptitermes arboreus (Emerson) is a litter-feeder soldierless termite that builds arboreal cartonated nests. In this paper, we describe and illustrate arboreal nests of R. arboreus, while also describing a fully clayish nest built upon the trunk of a fallen tree. Additionally, we provided physical and populational parameters for two nests. We also illustrate all castes except alates and record two termitophilous species occurring inside the nests.
