Genus Ngauratermes · 凋落白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Ngauratermes arue.
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Etymology
From the Māori place name Ngaura; -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
A genus living in Amazonian leaf litter, the name taken from the Ticuna ngau'ra (leaf litter). Soldier and worker both dimorphic, the alate still unknown. The original authors note that the genus has many similarities with the group formed by Tenuirostritermes, Diversitermes and Velocitermes, and is especially close to the latter two.
Soldier
Dimorphic. Mandibles with distinct tooth processes; antennae 13 segments; nasus base narrow, nearly cylindrical. Major soldier head capsule broad, slightly constricted behind the antennae, the sides narrowing forwards; minor soldier head capsule narrow and elongate, the constriction behind the antennae pronounced. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2.
Worker
Dimorphic, narrow-gap and broad-gap, the two morphs overlapping in body size and not separable into large and small workers; the broad-gap morph at a very low proportion, only 6 of 103 workers in the type series, left mandible index 0.32. Worker antennae 14 segments, the 4th segment very short and unsclerotised; left mandible index 0.35; molar plate broad, concave, ridges weak. P1 a simple tube, without an apical ring; enteric valve conical, curved, posterior in position, inserting into P3 from the left dorsal side, weakly sclerotised, with two rings of spines.
Sources: Constantino, R. & Acioli, A. N. S. 2009. Ngauratermes arue, new genus and species of nasute termite (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Amazon. Zootaxa 2239: 22–30., pp. 23–26（属级 treatment） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Ngauratermes arue Constantino & Acioli, 2009 小凋落白蚁 ★ Type species
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