Genus Fastigitermes · 峰白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Fastigitermes jucundus.
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Etymology
From Latin fastigium (summit, ridge) + 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 anterior part of the soldier head covers the mandible bases, contrary to Basidentitermes (which does not); Emerson (1928) provisionally treated M. jucundus as a subgenus of Mirotermes and agreed with Sjöstedt in erecting Fastigitermes for it.
Soldier
The swelling of the vertex above the fontanelle opening projects further forward; compared with Profastigitermes, the posterior projection of the postmentum is proportionally much larger and ends in a single, rather sharp backward-directed spine.
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. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 42（Profastigitermes 兵蚁诊断）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 42（Profastigitermes 兵蚁诊断） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Fastigitermes jucundus Sjöstedt, 1907 可爱峰白蚁 ★ Type species
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