New records document Calcaritermes colei's range extension in Central America, suggesting habitat adaptability.
Calcaritermes Snyder, 1925, is primarily a Neotropical termite genus, characterized by the soldier caste having a large, conspicuous spur on each foretibia. This character is absent in all other genera of the family Kalotermitidae. Calcaritermes colei Krishna, 1962 was described from soldiers collected at a single location in central Mexico. This termite is now recorded for the first time from Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras approximately 1,280 km from its type locality in Mexico.
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