Genus Longustitermes · 长工白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Apicotermitinae 尖白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Longustitermes manni.
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Etymology
From Latin longus (long) + 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
Worker enteric valve seating (EVS) three-lobed, which separates it from Hirsutitermes with a tubular enteric valve seating; the enteric valve armature is a continuous wreath-like structure covering the interpad cuticle, made up of hundreds of tiny thin spines. Body smaller than in Hirsutitermes.
Worker
Enteric valve armature (EVA) in a continuous wreath, the spines small and thin, several hundred in number, extending onto the interpad cuticle; enteric valve seating three-lobed. Body relatively small.
Sources: Carrijo T. F.; Castro D.; Wang M.; Constantini J. P.; Bourguignon T.; Cancello E. M.; Scheffrahn R. H. 2023. Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1167: 317-352. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.100001, Key to neotropical Apicotermitinae genera based on the worker caste, couplet 15；Key to neotropical Apicotermitinae genera based on the worker caste, couplet 16 (Longustitermes 分支)；Comparison and remarks (Hirsutitermes) This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Longustitermes manni Snyder, 1922 曼长工白蚁 ★ Type species
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