Genus Hirtitermes · 多毛白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae 象白蚁亚科; the site records 3 species.
Type species: Hirtitermes hirtiventris.
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Etymology
From Latin hirtus (hairy) + 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 of the Constrictus group, with a single soldier morph: nasus large, thick, conical, the depression at the nasus base large; the base of the left mandible with two distinct teeth; pilosity stiff and brown; antennal segments elongate. The contrast with Eutermes s. str. lies precisely here — the latter has the depression at the nasus base small or absent, the mandible base never toothed, the pilosity not stiff, and the antennal segments for the most part normal.
Soldier
A single morph. Nasus large, thick, conical; the depression at the nasus base conspicuous, the original text noting specifically, among the characters of the group, that the depression is large in this genus; the base of the left mandible with two distinct teeth; head and nasus covered with stiff brown hairs; antennal segments long.
Sources: Holmgren N. 1912. Termitenstudien 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 48(4): 1–166., p. 60（Soldaten 检索表 A 群说明及 a/b 支）；p. 62（亚属名录第 1 亚属） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (3)
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