Genus Euscaiotermes · 左转白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Macrotermitinae 大白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Euscaiotermes primus.
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Etymology
Etymology uncertain; -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
A monotypic genus endemic to India. Soldier head nearly rectangular, slightly narrowed anteriorly; antennae 17-segmented (segment 3 shorter than segment 2); labrum triangular with a pointed apex; mandibles robust, incurved apically, the left mandible with a notch behind the apical third, the right mandible toothless; worker antennae 19-segmented, postclypeus one-third as long as wide, mandibles of the same type as in Odontotermes.
Soldier
Head nearly rectangular, slightly narrowed anteriorly; antennae 17-segmented, segment 3 shorter than segment 2; labrum triangular with a pointed apex; mandibles robust, incurved apically; left mandible with a notch behind the apical third, right mandible toothless; postmentum nearly rectangular; pronotum saddle-shaped, with an anterior notch and a slightly concave posterior margin; tibial spur formula 3:2:2, tarsi 4-segmented; cerci 2-segmented; with styli.
Worker
Head nearly circular, wider than long; fontanelle white, circular and large; antennae 19-segmented; postclypeus arched, one-third as long as wide; mandibles of the same type as in Odontotermes, with an apical tooth and 2 marginal teeth; pronotum saddle-shaped; legs as in the soldier.
Sources: Chhotani, O. B. 1997. The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries: Isoptera (Termites), Volume II (Family Termitidae). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, xx+801 pp., pp. 567–568 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Euscaiotermes primus Silvestri, 1923 第一左转白蚁 ★ Type species
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