1 TERMITES (ISOPTERA) OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, WEST INDIESa

Trinidad and Tobago are continental islands fringing the coast of northern South America, with land areas of about 4800 and 300 km2, respectively. Together with several associated smaller islands, they form the national territory of Trinidad & Tobago. The termite fauna of Trinidad was first surveyed by Adamson (1937), based on over 1000 samples collected from many parts of the island. For his identifications, Adamson relied heavily on A.E. Emerson (University of Chicago), who had previously conducted an extensive survey of the termites of Guyana (Emerson 1925). Adamson (1940) added several species from Trinidad and listed 10 species from Tobago. J.P.E.C. Darlington contributed further additions for both Trinidad and Tobago, which were compiled in the most recently published list of termites from the West Indies (Scheffrahn et al. 1994). Between May 1996 and September 2002, additional surveys were conducted by the authors on Trinidad, Tobago, Little Tobago, and the Bocas Islands (comprising Chacachacare, Huevos and Monos; Fig. 1). All records from the latter four islands are new. These surveys encompassed 58 collector-days and yielded over 1100 colony samples, including samples of two new species of Cryptotermes (Scheffrahn & Krecek 1999), three undescribe