Genus Coatitermes · 凸鼻白蚁属
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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: Coatitermes clevelandi.
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Etymology
From Tupi Coati (coati) + 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 very broadly conical in dorsal view, its basal width more than 1/3 of the maximum head width; vertex with numerous long setae of varying length. The nearest Neotropical group with a broad conical nasus is the larger-bodied Convexitermes and Paraconvexitermes.
Soldier
Nasus very broadly conical in dorsal view, basal width more than 1/3 of the maximum head width; vertex with numerous long setae of varying length.
Worker
Narrow-gap left mandible: the cutting edge from the 1+2 marginal teeth to the 3rd marginal tooth weakly undulate or almost not undulate.
Sources: Scheffrahn, R. H. 2024. New records for Coatitermes pallidus (Snyder, 1926) and Coatitermes clevelandi (Snyder, 1926) (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Amazonia. Check List 20(3): 700-705., p. 700; Constantino, R. 1999. Chave ilustrada para identificacao dos generos de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) que ocorrem no Brasil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 40(25): 387-448., pp. 414-415; Fontes, L. R. 1987. Morphology of the alate and worker mandibles of the soil-feeding nasute termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from Neotropical region. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 3(8): 503-531., p. 506 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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