Discovered by termitologists from Germany, the United States and Colombia, the new termite has been officially named Proneotermes macondianus.
“The species name honors Nobel laureate Gabriel García Marquez and the fictional town ‘Macondo’ in his novel ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude,” the scientists explained.
“Macondiano(a) is also a Spanish world used in Colombia to describe an incredible, rare or surprising event that could only be compared with the fictional universe and magical realism of this novel.”
“Proneotermes macondianus may have been one of those characters playing in the novel during the destruction of Macondo, remaining unrecognized until today,” added lead author Dr. Robin Casalla, from Freiburg University in Germany and the Universidad del Norte in Colombia.
The soldiers of Proneotermes macondianus have a characteristic elongated, rectangular heads, about 5 – 7 mm long, ranging in color from black (at the tip) to ferruginous orange (at the back).read more
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