Genus Mastotermes · 澳白蚁属

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

Generic characters at the level of the wing venation: the radial sector of the forewing is strongly fused, with the adjacent upper branches closely spaced; the humeral suture of the forewing is more curved and more convex than in Blattotermes; the hindwing has a well-developed anal lobe, which the original describes as a feature of this genus and its close relatives; the radial sector is compact and the media lies closer to the radial sector and farther from the anterior cubitus, on which basis wing-only specimens can be assigned to this genus.

Alate

The radial sector of the forewing is highly fused, with the adjacent upper branches closely spaced; the humeral suture of the forewing forms a distinct arcuate convexity and is more curved than in Blattotermes; the anal lobe of the hindwing is well developed.

Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1965. A review of the Mastotermitidae (Isoptera), including a new fossil genus from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 2236: 1–46., pp. 10, 24–25, 31–32 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.