Genus Homallotermes · 平白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Mirocapritermitinae 瘤白蚁亚科; the site records 4 species.
Type species: Homallotermes foraminifer.
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Etymology
From Greek homalos (even, level) + 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
In the Oriental Region key to soldiers of the Pericapritermes group, this genus stands alone as a couplet (couplet 4) defined by the weakly curved middle of the mandibles; its alternative is “antennae 14-segmented, mandibles stout, middle moderately to strongly curved”, i.e. Mirocapritermes and the following genera.
Soldier
Antennae 13-segmented; mandibles slender and weak, weakly curved at the middle. Middle of the left mandible moderately twisted, apex acute (or beak-like, hook-like) — this is a lead feature on the key path.
Sources: Amina P. P.; Poovoli A.; Rajmohana K.; Dinesh K. P.; Asha G. 2022. Integrative taxonomic studies on Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, n. gen. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) with two new species from India. Zoosystema 44 (3): 109-124. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a3, Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 4 (Homallotermes 分支)；Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 3（本属落在该分支） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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