Genus Muelleritermes · 米勒白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae 象白蚁亚科; the site records 2 species.
Type species: Muelleritermes fritzi.
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Etymology
Named after a person (Müller); -termes from 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
The genus is distinguished from the other genera of the Nasutitermitinae by its trimorphic soldiers and by the pair of vestigial ocelli on the soldier head; within the subfamily only this genus, Velocitermes and Diversitermes have trimorphic soldiers.
Soldier
Trimorphic. Major soldier head broad and round, nearly square or slightly oval, without a constriction behind the antennae (M. globiceps), only slightly constricted in a few individuals of M. fritzi; medium soldier head oval or slightly oval.
Worker
Dimorphic, the minor worker rare; the major worker mandibles are of two forms (called narrow-gap and broad-gap by Fontes, 1987); head circular, antennae 14 segments, postclypeus not inflated, fontanelle indistinct.
Sources: Oliveira, D. E.; Rocha, M. M.; Cancello, E. M. 2015. Muelleritermes: A new termite genus with two species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Zootaxa 4012(2): 258–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.2, pp. 259–263，「Comparisons with other Nasutitermitinae genera」段；pp. 259–263，「Soldier」段；pp. 259–263，「Worker」段 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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