Genus Lophotermes · 小脊突白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Termitinae 白蚁亚科; the site records 9 species.
Type species: Lophotermes pectinatus.
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Etymology
From Greek lophos (crest, ridge) + 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
Soldier with well-developed frontal and lateral tubercles; mandibles generally robust and longer than the head capsule; antennae 14-segmented (rarely 15); labrum usually large; tibial spur formula 3:2:2 or 2:2:2. Worker monomorphic, the left mandible index greater than 1.5 and often greater than 2.0; hindgut P3 divided into a smaller posterior portion and a larger anterior portion.
Soldier
Frontal tubercles and lateral tubercles both well developed; mandibles robust, longer than the head capsule; antennae 14-segmented, sometimes 15; labrum usually large; tibial spur formula 3:2:2 or 2:2:2.
Worker
Monomorphic. Left mandible index greater than 1.5, often greater than 2.0; hindgut P3 divided into a small posterior portion and a larger anterior portion.
Sources: Bourguignon T.; Leponce M.; Roisin Y. 2008. Revision of the Termitinae with snapping soldiers (Isoptera: Termitidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 1769: 1–34., p. 11 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (9)
- Lophotermes aduncus Miller, 1991 钩状小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes brevicephalus Miller, 1991 短头小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes crinitus Miller, 1991 多毛小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes leptognathus Miller, 1991 细颚小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes parvicornis Miller, 1991 小角小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes pectinatus Miller, 1991 梳状小脊突白蚁 ★ Type species
- Lophotermes pusillus Miller, 1991 极小小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes quadratus Hill, 1927 方形小脊突白蚁
- Lophotermes septentrionalis Hill, 1927 北方小脊突白蚁
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