Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Incisitermes galapagoensis, I. immigrans. Peck (1996): "Light (1935) states that this species should be considered as a senior synonym of I. tabogae Snyder, 1924, but Nickle & Collins 1992 use I. tabogae as a valid species. I galapagoensis is a supposed endemic species from Islas Wolf and Genovesa. This species cannot be recognized by the descriptions. Cotypes are in the USNM, but Constantino (1998) states that the holotype adult was in CASC, and was destroyed. The distribution of I. immigrans is supposed to be Central Pacific Islands, (Hawaii, Marquesas, Fanning, Jarvis), El Salvador, Panama, and Peru; and widespread in the Galápagos. Light (1935) gives characters of soldiers to separate I. immigrans from I. tabogae (= I. pacificus), but I find both "species" of soldiers in the same colony. I have listed above all island records of Incisitermes as I pacificus, since it is the oldest available name for the Galápagos. My specimens are deposited in the USNM, and these may help solve the questions about the correct application of these names."

Origin: Cryptogenic

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

• Bahder B.W. Scheffrahn R.H., Krecek J., Keil C., & Whitney-King S. (2009) Termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae) of Ecuador. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 45(4): 529-536.
• Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1497-1510.
• Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.