Genus Atlantitermes · 阿特拉斯白蚁属

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

In the soldier the head capsule narrows behind the antennal insertions and is bulbous posteriorly, the nasus is conical, and the mandibles lack apical points; the mandibles of the worker and the alate are similar, but in the worker the cutting edge between M1+2 and M3 of the left mandible is distinctly undulate; in the alate the fontanelle is elongate and forked anteriorly, the eyes are large, the distance between each ocellus and its eye is less than the width of the ocellus, and the postclypeus is shorter than half its width.

Soldier

Head sparsely covered with minute hairs, with a few long setae in addition; nasus with numerous short hairs; the dorsal surface of the head narrows behind the antennal insertions and is bulbous posteriorly; nasus conical in both dorsal and lateral view; mandibles without apical points.

Worker

Mandibles similar to those of the alate, but the cutting edge between M1+2 and M3 of the left mandible is distinctly undulate.

Alate

Head and pronotum hairy, with a few long setae in addition; fontanelle elongate, forked anteriorly; eyes large; the distance between each ocellus and its eye is less than the width of the ocellus; postclypeus shorter than half its width.

Sources: Fontes, L. R. 1979. Atlantitermes, novo genero de cupim, com duas novas especies do Brasil (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 23(4): 219-227., pp. 221-222 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.