Genus Forficulitermes · 剪白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Forficulitermitinae 剪白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Forficulitermes planifrons.
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Etymology
From Latin forficula (little shears, earwig) + 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 labrum with two lateral pointed corners and a distinctly projecting median lobe, on which basis it is closely related to Basidentitermes, Proboscitermes, Orthotermes, Profastigitermes and Fastigitermes; it is a small, peculiar group split off near Basidentitermes.
Soldier
Head subquadrate in dorsal view, the sides almost straight or slightly convex, frons and vertex flatter than in related groups; frontal gland in a small depression, with two flat longitudinal ridges on each side in front of the opening; anterior margin of labrum with two lateral pointed corners and a distinctly projecting median lobe; mandibles of the biting type, relatively straight and slender, apex not hooked; base of left mandible with a small sharp tooth, followed by a deep, small angular bend ending in a spine-like projection.
Worker
Mandibles resembling those of the more primitive groups near Basidentitermes; apical tooth larger than the first marginal tooth; right mandible with a distinct second marginal tooth.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–49. Forficulitermes pp. 44–47., pp. 44–47 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Forficulitermes planifrons Emerson, 1960 扁额剪白蚁 ★ Type species
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