Genus Compositermes · 肠刺白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Apicotermitinae 尖白蚁亚科; the site records 2 species.
Type species: Compositermes vindai.
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Etymology
From Latin compositus (composed, put together) + 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 worker the enteric valve cushions are markedly enlarged, the EVS is a long tube, and the S/P3 junction bears a ring of sclerotised comb-like spatulae (about 15–20); this combination is found in no other termite worker. The alate is unknown.
Worker
Monotypic; fore tibia moderately inflated (length/width ratio 3.98). The enteric valve (P2) consists of 6 slightly irregular oval cushions; at the S/P3 junction there are about 15–20 small comb-like spatulae, visible from outside under the microscope after the abdominal wall has been removed.
Sources: Scheffrahn R. H. 2013. Compositermes vindai (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 3652(3): 381–391. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3652.3.6, pp. 381–383（Compositermes gen. nov.：描述自 p. 381 起，Diagnosis 在 p. 383） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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