{"id":2551,"date":"2026-08-03T17:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/?page_id=2551"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:57:12","slug":"description-of-the-female-and-natural-history-of-clothoda-tocantinensis-krolow-valadares-2016-embioptera-clothodidae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/description-of-the-female-and-natural-history-of-clothoda-tocantinensis-krolow-valadares-2016-embioptera-clothodidae\/","title":{"rendered":"Description of the female and natural history of <i>Clothoda tocantinensis<\/i> Krolow &#038; Valadares, 2016 (Embioptera: Clothodidae)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genus\u00a0<em>Clothoda<\/em>, endemic to South America, comprises four valid species, three of which occur in the Amazon basin and one,\u00a0<em>C<\/em>. <em>tocantinensis<\/em>,\u00a0restricted to the Cerrado domain. This species was previously known from type locality in Taquaru\u00e7u, an area combing seasonal forests and cerrado vegetation but sharing climate similarities with Amazon. Of the four species, only\u00a0<em>C<\/em>. <em>nobilis\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>C<\/em>. <em>tocantinensis\u00a0<\/em>are recorded in Brazil. Because the taxonomy of female and immature Embioptera remains poorly studied, we conducted fieldwork in Taquaru\u00e7u to collect colonies containing eggs, immatures and females. The collected specimens were reared under laboratory conditions. Here, we describe the female and immature stages of <em>C<\/em>. <em>tocantinensis\u00a0<\/em>and provide illustrations, behavioral observations and development time data.<\/p>\n<p>Andrade, B.S., Montanuci, P.S., Szumik, C. and Krolow, T.K. 2026. Description of the female and natural history of Clothoda tocantinensis Krolow &amp; Valadares, 2016 (Embioptera: Clothodidae). <em>Zootaxa<\/em> 5757 (5): 438\u2013448.<\/p>\n<table class= 'bibliplug-authors'><tr><td><a href='https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/author\/claudia-szumik\/'><img alt='Claudia Szumik' src='http:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-content\/uploads\/clauszumik-120x120.jpg' class='avatar avatar-120 photo' height='120' width='120' \/><\/a><\/td><td><strong><a href='https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/author\/claudia-szumik\/'>Claudia Szumik<\/strong><\/a><br\/>Investigadora Principal \r<br\/>CONICET\r<br\/>Entomolog\u00eda<\/td><tr><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genus\u00a0Clothoda, endemic to South America, comprises four valid species, three of which occur in the Amazon basin and one,\u00a0C. tocantinensis,\u00a0restricted to the Cerrado domain. This species was previously known from type locality in Taquaru\u00e7u, an area combing seasonal forests and cerrado vegetation but sharing climate similarities with Amazon. Of the four species, only\u00a0C. nobilis\u00a0and\u00a0C. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2551\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillo.org.ar\/uel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}