Genus Mapinguaritermes · 红懒白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Syntermitinae 聚白蚁亚科; the site records 3 species.
Type species: Mapinguaritermes peruanus.
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Etymology
From Mapinguari (a mythical Amazonian beast) + 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
The first-order cushions of the worker gizzard bear well-developed spines, which the source calls a synapomorphy of the genus in the phylogenetic analysis.
Soldier
Head oval in dorsal view; frontal tube conical, nearly parallel to the head base and about four-fifths of its length in lateral view; antennae 14 segments; labrum subpentagonal, with a transparent anterior margin lacking a distinct point; postmentum concave at the sides.
Worker
Monotypic; head circular; frontal suture indistinct; fontanelle elliptical and very indistinct; postclypeus slightly inflated; antennae 14 segments.
Sources: Rocha, M. M.; Cancello, E. M.; Carrijo, T. F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 793–827. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x, p. 825，「Comparisons」段；p. 825，「Soldier」段；p. 825，「Worker」段 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (3)
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