Genus Ibitermes · 地球白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Syntermitinae 聚白蚁亚科; the site records 2 species.
Type species: Ibitermes inflatus.
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Etymology
From Tupi Ibi (land, tree) + -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 postclypeus markedly inflated (except I. tellustris), mandibles without marginal teeth; body relatively large, mandibles straight and large (in Embiratermes the marginal teeth are well developed, in this genus entirely absent). Worker midgut tongue long and twisted, enteric valve section dorsal. Left mandible index 0.9.
Soldier
Postclypeus markedly inflated (except I. tellustris); mandibles without marginal teeth. Body relatively large, mandibles straight and large.
Worker
Midgut tongue long and twisted; enteric valve section dorsal. Left mandible index 0.9.
Sources: Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M. 2022. Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera. Zootaxa 5138: 445-463. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.6, Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae（Bandeiratermes 属征比较）；Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae（Biratermes 属征比较）; Constantino R. 2012. Description of the imago of Noirotitermes noiroti Cancello & Myles 2000 (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae), with new records. Zootaxa 3174: 65-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.7, Comparisons（属名后逗号前的空格系 Plazi 抽取标签剥离所致）; Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M.; Carrijo T. F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37: 793-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x, Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 12 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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