Location of origin: Aeroport de Cayenne, French Guyana

Geographic coordinates: 4.834568, -52.347222

Collectors: David Sillam-Dussès, laboratoire LEEC, Université Paris 13

Species identification: Damien Gergonne

Data curators: Andrea Perna, Giulio Facchini

Collection date: May 2019

Morphological descriptors: arboreal nest

Material descriptors: biological carton, secreted material

Taxonomic descriptors: Nasutitermes sp. (possibly N. corniger)

Geographic descriptors: Aeroport de Cayenne, French Guyana

Alternative ID: Originally named “Colonie 2”; Royal Society catalogue nest 9

Availability of the original specimen: Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa, via Roma 79, Calci, Italy

Usage permissions: Please contact the data curators to discuss your project as the nest is currently unpublished.

Additional information: The notes about this nest read :

Petit nid (mais toutefois mature car contenait des ailés) pas très loin de la route

Genetic identification, based on DNA from one alate led to COI Identification with BLAST as Nasutitermes corniger, but the sequencing quality was poor and the maximum percent identity was 80.73. The shape of the nest itself is similar to M14, RoySoc10, which is a Nasutitermes similis.