Genus Basidentitermes · 基齿白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Cubitermitinae 方白蚁亚科; the site records 8 species, 2 subspecies.
Type species: Basidentitermes aurivillii.
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Etymology
From Greek basis (base) + Latin dens (tooth) + 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 anterior part of the soldier head does not cover the bases of the mandibles; Emerson's (1928) key to the Ethiopian soldier termites separates it on this character from Fastigitermes, whose anterior head covers the mandible bases. Few localities are known for this subgenus, so its distribution (Map 20) is difficult to characterise.
Soldier
Mandibles slightly longer than the head capsule, sabre-like; the anterior margin of the labrum forms a convex arc between the two lateral points; the fontanelle opening is circular (Holmgren 1912 key, item B, Taf. IV fig. 10–11).
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., p. 419（兵蚁检索表）; Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., p. 535（Subgenus Basidentitermes 一节）; Holmgren, N. 1912. Termitenstudien 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 48(4)., p. 107（Untergattungen 检索表 B 项） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (8 species, 2 subspecies)
- Basidentitermes amicus Harris, 1936 友善基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes aurivillii Sjöstedt, 1897 奥里维尔基齿白蚁 ★ Type species
- Basidentitermes demoulini Harris, 1963 德穆兰基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes diversifrons Silvestri, 1914 裂额基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes mactus Sjöstedt, 1911 荣耀基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes malelaensis Emerson, 1928 马雷拉基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes potens Silvestri, 1914 强壮基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes trilobatus Noirot, 1955 三裂基齿白蚁
- Basidentitermes mactus mactus Sjöstedt, 1911 指名亚种
- Basidentitermes mactus supera Silvestri, 1914 上亚种
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