Genus Euchilotermes · 真唇白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Cubitermitinae 方白蚁亚科; the site records 4 species, 2 subspecies.
Type species: Euchilotermes tensus.
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Etymology
From Greek eu- (well) + cheilos (lip, margin) + 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 soldier labrum is large and fleshy, and Emerson's (1928) key lists the genus separately on this character alone. For a long time the genus was known only from E. tensus and its varieties; it was described as a new genus by Silvestri in 1914.
Worker
The second marginal tooth of the right mandible is lost in the alate–worker; Emerson (1960) noted that this pattern is similar only in Euchilotermes, Ophiotermes, Tuberculitermes and Spinitermes.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., p. 419（兵蚁检索表）; Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., pp. 501–502（Subgenus Euchilotermes 一节）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 21（Nitiditermes 工蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4 species, 2 subspecies)
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