Genus Embiratermes · 生白蚁属
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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 9 species.
Type species: Embiratermes festivellus.
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Etymology
From Tupi Embirá (a tree) + -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
Soldier mandibles of the piercing type, apex acute; marginal tooth at the proximal 1/3 of mandible length, or near the middle or near the base; clypeus not inflated; head in dorsal view elongate, subrectangular, head base usually longer than wide; ventral margin of fore coxa with a process. Worker midgut tongue straight, not reaching the P1 swelling; enteric valve section short and wide, at the mid-point of the abdomen. Alate left mandible index 0.7–1.1.
Soldier
Mandibles of the piercing type, apex acute; marginal tooth at the proximal 1/3 of the mandible, a recognisable marginal tooth (near the middle or near the base); clypeus not inflated. Head capsule in dorsal view elongate, subrectangular; head base usually longer than wide. Ventral margin of fore coxa with a process.
Worker
Midgut tongue straight, not reaching the P1 swelling; enteric valve section short and wide, at the mid-point of the abdomen.
Alate
Left mandible index 0.7–1.1, as in Armitermes and Labiotermes.
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）；Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae（Bandeiratermes 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 12；Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 10 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (9)
- Embiratermes benjamini Snyder, 1926 本杰明生白蚁
- Embiratermes chagresi Snyder, 1925 查格雷斯生白蚁
- Embiratermes festivellus Silvestri, 1901 喜庆生白蚁 ★ Type species
- Embiratermes heterotypus Silvestri, 1901 异型生白蚁
- Embiratermes latidens Emerson & Banks, 1957 宽齿生白蚁
- Embiratermes neotenicus Holmgren, 1906 幼态生白蚁
- Embiratermes snyderi Emerson & Banks, 1957 斯奈德生白蚁
- Embiratermes spissus Emerson & Banks, 1957 密实生白蚁
- Embiratermes transandinus Araujo, 1977 安弟斯生白蚁
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