Genus Mucrotermes · 锐尖白蚁属
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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 2 species.
Type species: Mucrotermes osborni.
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Etymology
From Latin mucro (sharp point) + 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
There is no tuft of setae beside the fontanelle opening in the soldier, whereas several related genera have one; the head is relatively short, broad and thick.
Soldier
In lateral view the vertex forms a sharp hump, with the steeply sloping frons and the vertex respectively above and below it; the fontanelle lies in the middle of the slope, nearer the postclypeus than the vertex.
Worker
The apical teeth of both mandibles are proportionally large; there is no visible angular notch before the third marginal tooth of the left mandible; the second marginal tooth of the right mandible is small but distinct.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., pp. 12–13（Mucrotermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., pp. 12–13（Mucrotermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 14（Mucrotermes 工蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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