Genus Echinotermes · 多刺白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Echinotermes biriba.
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Etymology
From Greek echinos (hedgehog, spine) + 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 crop is unusually large, and the enteric valve consists of 6 spherical comb-like cushions whose ends form spiny spheres; this combination is unique among the genera of Apicotermitinae.
Worker
Monotypic; head and antennae pale yellow, pronotum pale yellow, legs transparent. Crop very large; EVS trilobed, its smaller lobe not visible in the intact gut; enteric valve with 6 cushions whose ends form spiny spheres at the opening into P3.
Sources: Castro D., Scheffrahn R. H., Carrijo T. F. 2018. Echinotermes biriba, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 748: 21–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.748.24253, pp. 23–24（Systematics / Echinotermes gen. n.；Diagnosis 在 p. 24） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Echinotermes biriba Castro & Scheffrahn, 2020 比里巴多刺白蚁 ★ Type species
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