Genus Lepidotermes · 鳞白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Cubitermitinae 方白蚁亚科; the site records 9 species.
Type species: Lepidotermes pretoriensis.
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Etymology
From Greek lepis (scale) + Latin termes.
The etymologies in this section are analytical breakdowns; the roots follow Brown (1956).
Morphology
The morphological description for this genus has yet to be written from the primary literature. Listed below are the original description reference and the type species, for consultation; these are literature leads, not a description.
Original description: Lepidotermes Sjöstedt, 1924d: 497.
Type species: Eutermes (Cubitermes) pretoriensis Sjöstedt, 1914 by original designation.
The references above follow Krishna K., Grimaldi D. A., Krishna V., Engel M. S. (2013) Treatise on the Isoptera of the World, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377; the Treatise records literature leads only and contains no morphological description, so it is not used here to write one.
Species (9)
- Lepidotermes amydrus Uys, 1994 幽暗鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes goliathi Williams, 1954 戈利亚特鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes lounsburyi Silvestri, 1914 劳恩斯伯里鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes mtwalumi Fuller, 1925 姆图瓦卢米鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes planifacies Williams, 1954 扁形鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes pretoriensis Sjöstedt, 1914 比勒陀利亚鳞白蚁 ★ Type species
- Lepidotermes scalenus Uys, 1994 斜角肌鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes simplex Holmgren, 1913 简单鳞白蚁
- Lepidotermes vastus Uys, 1994 空闲鳞白蚁
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