Genus Ebogotermes · 埃博戈白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Ebogotermes raphaeli.
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Etymology
From the place name Ebogo; -termes from Latin 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 largest of the soldierless apicotermitine workers of equatorial Africa; the midgut is looped, the mixed segment well developed, P1 of moderate length, a P3/P4 constriction present and P4 a long tube, on which basis it is placed in the Anoplotermes group.
Worker
Head, thorax, abdomen and legs all covered with setae of varying length; antennae 14 segments; postclypeus moderately inflated; fore tibia slightly inflated; tibial spur formula 3:2:2.
Sources: Scheffrahn R. H., Roisin Y., Akama P. D., Šobotník J. 2021. Ebogotermes raphaeli, new genus and new species, an African soldierless termite described from the worker caste (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). Zootaxa 5067(2): 279–284. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.10, p. 279（Taxonomy / Ebogotermes gen. nov.） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Ebogotermes raphaeli Scheffrahn & Roisin, 2021 拉斐尔埃博戈白蚁 ★ Type species
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