Genus Paracurvitermes · 近曲白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Syntermitinae 聚白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Paracurvitermes manni.
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Etymology
From Greek para- (beside) + Latin curvus (curved) + 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
Soldier relatively small; head capsule relatively wide, round or subquadrate, head base about as long as wide; frontal tube well developed, conical and rather short; mandibles of the piercing type, distinctly curved, longer and less curved than in Acangaobitermes and with triangular teeth, with a conspicuous marginal tooth near the base. Alate left mandible index about 2.0.
Soldier
Head capsule relatively wide, round or subquadrate, head base about as long as wide. Frontal tube well developed, conical, shorter than in Biratermes. Mandibles of the piercing type, distinctly curved; longer and less curved than in Acangaobitermes, with triangular teeth; with a conspicuous marginal tooth near the base.
Alate
Left mandible index about 2.0, as in Curvitermes and Cyrilliotermes.
Sources: Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M. 2022. Updated taxonomy of Syntermitinae (Blattodea: Isoptera, Termitidae), with the description of three new genera. Zootaxa 5138: 445-463. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.6, Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae（Biratermes 属征比较）; Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M.; Cuezzo C. 2011. A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 148: 125-134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.148.1278, Comparisons with other genera of Syntermitinae; Rocha M. M.; Cancello E. M.; Carrijo T. F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37: 793-827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x, Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 11；Key to genera of Syntermitinae, couplet 10; Constantino R. 2012. Description of the imago of Noirotitermes noiroti Cancello & Myles 2000 (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae), with new records. Zootaxa 3174: 65-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.7, Comparisons（属名后逗号前的空格系 Plazi 抽取标签剥离所致） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Paracurvitermes manni Snyder, 1926 曼近曲白蚁 ★ Type species
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