Genus Aparatermes · 弯肠白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Apicotermitinae 尖白蚁亚科; the site records 3 species.
Type species: Aparatermes abbreviatus.
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Etymology
Etymology uncertain; -termes from Latin termes.
The etymologies in this section are analytical breakdowns; the roots follow Brown (1956).
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
One branch of the Neotropical soldierless Apicotermitinae, defined by a combination of worker enteric valve characters: interpad cuticle without scales, enteric valve seating (EVS) three-lobed — in the 2023 worker key the 14th couplet leads directly to this genus on this combination. The enteric valve armature (EVA) consists of small spines or pointed scales distributed over the central part of each pad, the posterior part of the pads without scales.
Worker
Enteric valve seating three-lobed, interpad cuticle bare, without scales; enteric valve with small spines or pointed scales, the pointed scales on the central part of the pads, the posterior part of each pad without scales. Midgut tongue (mixed segment) short, drop-shaped, not spherical or elongate. The junction of P1 and P3 appears as a three-lobed enteric valve seating in dorsal view.
Sources: Carrijo T. F.; Castro D.; Wang M.; Constantini J. P.; Bourguignon T.; Cancello E. M.; Scheffrahn R. H. 2023. Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1167: 317-352. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.100001, Key to neotropical Apicotermitinae genera based on the worker caste, couplet 14 (Aparatermes 分支)；Key to neotropical Apicotermitinae genera based on the worker caste, couplet 12；Comparison and remarks (Mangolditermes); Constantini J. P.; Castro D.; Scheffrahn R. H. 2020. Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae) from South America. ZooKeys 922: 35-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.922.47347, Comparison and remarks This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (3)
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