Genus Cyranotermes · 巨鼻白蚁属
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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: Cyranotermes timuassu.
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Etymology
From Cyrano (de Bergerac, famed for his long nose) + termes, for the long nasus.
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 head capsule narrow, oval, the frontal tube conical and thick at the base; in contrast, Anhangatermes has a very broad, round head capsule and a nearly cylindrical frontal tube that is narrow at the base. This contrast is exactly the position of the genus in the Neotropical soldier key.
Soldier
Head capsule narrow and oval in dorsal view; frontal tube conical, thick at the base. In the key the genus is the counterpart entry to Anhangatermes, which has a very broad, round head capsule and a nearly cylindrical frontal tube narrow at the base.
Sources: Constantino R. 1999. Chave ilustrada para identificação dos gêneros de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) que ocorrem no Brasil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 40(25): 387–448. https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1997.40.p387-448, Chave para soldados, casal 14（p. 387–448）；图 101–102 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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