Genus Ceylonitermes · 锡兰白蚁属
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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: Ceylonitermes escherichi.
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Etymology
From Ceylon (Sri Lanka) + 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 nasus 2/3 of head length, very narrow, cylindrical and straight; antennae long, 12 segments. Worker clypeus large and inflated, its length half its width; the first two mandibular teeth equal in size; antennae 15 segments.
Soldier
Nasus 2/3 of head length, very narrow, cylindrical, straight; antennae long, 12 segments.
Worker
Clypeus large, inflated, its length half its width; the first two mandibular teeth equal in size; antennae 15 segments.
Sources: Holmgren, N. 1913. Versuch einer systematischen Monographie der Termiten der orientalischen Region. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 50(2)., pp. 189-191 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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