Genus Oriencapritermes · 东扭白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Mirocapritermitinae 瘤白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Oriencapritermes kluangensis.
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Etymology
From Latin Oriens (the East) + caper (goat) + 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
Together with Syncapritermes in couplet 13: this genus has the anterior margin of the labrum deeply concave, about as long as wide, and the base of the anterolateral process pointed; Syncapritermes has the anterior margin shallowly concave, longer than wide, and the base of the anterolateral process unpointed. Left mandible with a well-developed, toothed basal inferior process (couplet 12).
Soldier
Anterior margin of labrum deeply concave, about as long as wide, base of anterolateral process pointed; left mandible with a well-developed, toothed basal inferior process; labrum long (length ≥ width); fontanelle small, round, fontanelle gland small; middle of left mandible strongly twisted, apex blunt.
Sources: Amina P. P.; Poovoli A.; Rajmohana K.; Dinesh K. P.; Asha G. 2022. Integrative taxonomic studies on Rinacapritermes Amina & Rajmohana, n. gen. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) with two new species from India. Zoosystema 44 (3): 109-124. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a3, Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 13 (Oriencapritermes 分支)；Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 11（本属落在该分支）；Key to the soldiers of genera under Pericapritermes-group found in the Oriental region, couplet 12（本属落在该分支） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Oriencapritermes kluangensis Ahmad & Akhtar, 1981 居銮东扭白蚁 ★ Type species
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