Genus Cahuallitermes · 弃白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Syntermitinae 聚白蚁亚科; the site records 2 species.
Type species: Cahuallitermes intermedius.
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Etymology
From the place name Cahualli; -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
Soldier mandibles laminar, with a notch before the first marginal tooth; postmentum finely wrinkled, lateral margins convex; labrum with a well-developed hyaline tip; head rounded. Body relatively large (in the comparison with Acangaobitermes). Distributed in Mexico, Belize and Honduras.
Soldier
Head rounded; labrum with a well-developed hyaline tip; lateral margins of the postmentum convex, the surface finely wrinkled. Mandibles laminar, cutting edge relatively straight, marginal teeth well developed, a notch before the first marginal tooth.
Worker
Left mandible index 0.5.
Sources: Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M. 2022. Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera. Zootaxa 5138: 445-463. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.6, Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae（Biratermes 属征比较）; Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M.; Cuezzo C. 2011. A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 148: 125-134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1278, Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae; Constantino R. 2012. Description of the imago of Noirotitermes noiroti Cancello & Myles 2000 (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae), with new records. Zootaxa 3174: 65-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.7, Comparisons（属名后逗号前的空格系 Plazi 抽取标签剥离所致，原文为紧排）; Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M.; Carrijo T. F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37: 793-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x, Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 11 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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