Genus Anoplotermes · 解甲白蚁属

Morphology

The descriptions below are an adaptation of the original genus-level accounts; terms follow the meaning of the source, and the original is not transcribed verbatim.

Diagnostic characters

Soldiers entirely absent. Alate head very broad, usually densely hairy, compound eyes small and prominent, the fontanelle situated far back or at the middle of the head; antennae constantly 15-segmented, segment 3 much shorter; wings dark, hairy and spinose; tibiae with 2 apical spurs. Worker similar to the worker of Eutermes, postclypeus strongly arched, antennae constantly 14-segmented, head mostly pale, fontanelle indistinct.

Alate

Head very broad, usually densely hairy, compound eyes small and prominent; fontanelle either far back or at the middle of the head; ocelli medium-sized, their distance from the compound eyes variable; basal piece of the postclypeus almost always at least half as long as its width (except A. iheringi), usually strongly arched; transverse band longer in the middle than at the sides; mandibles with 1 large apical tooth, slightly elongate; antennae constantly 15-segmented, segment 3 usually far shorter than the adjacent segments; brain large. Pronotum as in Eutermes; posterior margins of the mesonotum and metanotum more or less deeply concave; wings dark, hairy and spinose, venation as in Eutermes; tibiae with 2 apical spurs; abdomen elongate, the sides of the female with glandular hairs.

Worker

Similar to the worker of Eutermes; postclypeus strongly arched, as long as or even longer than half its width; antennae constantly 14-segmented, segment 3 mostly shorter than the adjacent segments; head mostly pale, fontanelle indistinct.

Sources: Holmgren N. 1912. Termitenstudien. 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 48(4): 1–166., pp. 73–74（Gattung Anoplotermes；Imago、Soldat、Arbeiter） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.