Genus Araujotermes · 阿劳若白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae 象白蚁亚科; the site records 4 species.
Type species: Araujotermes caissara.
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Etymology
Named after the termite taxonomist R. L. Araujo; -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
The vertex bears numerous long setae of varying length, by which it is distinguished from Subulitermes, whose vertex has only 0–6 long setae in addition to numerous microsetae; in the worker the cutting edge between the 1+2 marginal tooth and the third marginal tooth of the left mandible is undulate, and the cleft between the third marginal tooth and the molar prominence is distinctly wider than in Atlantitermes and others.
Soldier
Vertex with numerous long setae of varying length.
Worker
The cutting edge from the 1+2 marginal tooth to the third marginal tooth of the left mandible is undulate; the cleft between the third marginal tooth and the molar prominence is distinctly wider.
Sources: Constantino, R. 1999. Chave ilustrada para identificacao dos generos de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) que ocorrem no Brasil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 40(25): 387-448., p. 415; Fontes, L. R. 1987. Morphology of the alate and worker mandibles of the soil-feeding nasute termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Neotropical region. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 3(8): 503-531., p. 506 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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