Genus Indocapritermes · 印扭白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Indocapritermes aruni.
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Etymology
From India + Latin caper (goat) + 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
Oriental Region key, couplets 9–10: head moderately hairy, frons sloping forward → anterolateral corners of labrum minute and slender, base narrow, anterior lobe of pronotum slightly convex with a weak notch, antennae 14-segmented. Distinguished from Rinacapritermes by the anterolateral corners of the labrum long and stout with a broad base, the anterior lobe of the pronotum strongly convex and without a notch, and antennae 15-segmented.
Soldier
Head moderately hairy, frons distinctly sloping forward; anterolateral corners of labrum minute, slender, base narrow; anterior lobe of pronotum slightly convex with a weak notch; antennae 14-segmented. Middle of left mandible strongly twisted, apex blunt.
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 9；Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 10 (Indocapritermes 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 (1)
- Indocapritermes aruni Chhotani, 1997 阿伦印扭白蚁 ★ Type species
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