Genus Oriensubulitermes · 东锥白蚁属
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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: Oriensubulitermes inanis.
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Etymology
From Latin Oriens (the East) + subula (awl) + 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
Left mandible index 1.06 (worker–nymph); the 3rd marginal tooth of the left mandible indistinct and the 2nd marginal tooth of the right mandible almost completely reduced, which distinguishes it from all other genera of the Oriental Subulitermes branch; soldier mandibles without apical points.
Soldier
Mandibles without apical points.
Worker
(Worker–nymph) left mandible index 1.06; cutting edge of the 1+2 marginal teeth evenly concave, no notch before the 3rd marginal tooth; 2nd marginal tooth of the right mandible almost completely reduced; molar plate outline of the right mandible slightly concave.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1960. New genera of termites related to Subulitermes from the Oriental, Malagasy, and Australian regions (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). American Museum Novitates 1986: 1-28., p. 14 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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