Genus Curvitermes · 曲白蚁属
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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: Curvitermes odontognathus.
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Etymology
From Latin curvus (curved) + 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
The form of the soldier mandibles is ‘abnormal’: with molar plate, molar prominence and marginal teeth, much resembling the mandibles of the worker of the same name; apical tooth fish-hook-shaped; molar region enlarged, with a posteriorly directed subapical tooth. Frontal tube surface smooth, broadly conical. Alate left mandible index about 2.0 (as in Cyrilliotermes and Paracurvitermes).
Soldier
Molar region of the mandibles enlarged, with a posteriorly directed subapical tooth; apical tooth fish-hook-shaped; mandibles with molar plate, molar prominence and marginal teeth, similar to the worker mandibles. Frontal tube surface smooth, broadly conical.
Alate
Left mandible index about 2.0, as in Cyrilliotermes and Paracurvitermes (Armitermes, Embiratermes and Labiotermes 0.7–1.1).
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）; 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）; 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 7；Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 8 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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