Genus Baucaliotermes · 细颈白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Baucaliotermes hainesi.
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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
In the soldier the sockets of the minute setae on the head capsule (including the nasus) are clearly visible and scattered as pale spots, which is the main distinction from Trinervitermes — the latter has no visible setal sockets in the soldier and its soldiers are dimorphic; in the alate the pilosity is coarser and the sockets more conspicuous, and the distribution of the pale areas of the head likewise disagrees with Trinervitermes.
Alate
Apical tooth of the left mandible subequal in length to the first marginal tooth, the distance between them (specimen worn) slightly less than one-third of the distance between the first and third marginal teeth (left mandible index −0.30); second marginal tooth absent; cutting edge between the first and third marginal teeth complete and straight. Postclypeus slightly less than half as long as wide. Fontanelle differing in shape between the sexes: in one form small, pale and irregularly Y-shaped, in the other trapezoidal with the lateral arms arising from the anterior angles and slightly swollen at their ends; in both sexes a smooth shallow depression lies behind the fontanelle, of the same colour as the rest of the head capsule. Pilosity of the head capsule uneven, setal sockets of unequal size, the large ones numerous and conspicuous.
Soldier
Monotypic. Nasus very slender, cylindrical, at most slightly tapering; reduced mandibles without an apical process; head capsule not constricted; antennae 12–14 segments, usually 14. Sockets of the minute setae clearly visible as pale spots over the whole head capsule, including the nasus.
Sources: Sands, W. A. 1965. A revision of the termite subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Ethiopian Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, Supplement 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)., pp. 138–139（Imago、Soldier 属征及属级讨论） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Baucaliotermes hainesi Fuller, 1922 海恩斯细颈白蚁 ★ Type species
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