Genus Kemneritermes · 凯姆勒白蚁属
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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: Kemneritermes sarawakensis.
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Etymology
Named after the entomologist N. A. Kemner; -termes from 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 genus-level key to soldiers of the Pericapritermes group, only this genus has a heavily sclerotised frontal ridge and a somewhat “phragmotic” head: it is separated at the first couplet on this basis, all other genera having no frontal ridge and a non-phragmotic head.
Soldier
Head with a heavily sclerotised frontal ridge, head somewhat phragmotic.
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 1 (Kemneritermes 分支) This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Kemneritermes sarawakensis Ahmad & Akhtar, 1981 砂拉越凯姆勒白蚁 ★ Type species
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