Genus Polyspathotermes · 多铲白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Cubitermitinae 方白蚁亚科; the site records 8 species.
Type species: Polyspathotermes sulcifrons.
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Etymology
From Greek polys (many) + spathē (spatula) + 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 worker enteric valve of this genus is of two forms: either only the three principal cushions (PC3, PC4, PC5) bear yellow to brown sclerotised spatulate plates at their ends, or all six principal cushions end in sclerotised spatulate plates. The source assigns the genus to clade IV and to the oblectatus and sulcifrons types of Josens & Deligne (2019), and includes the former Megagnathotermes katangensis.
Worker
The enteric valve has six principal cushions (PCs); sclerotised spatulate plates occur either only at the ends of PC3, PC4 and PC5 or at the ends of all six principal cushions, and are yellow to brown.
Sources: Hellemans, S.; Deligne, J.; Roisin, Y.; Josens, G. 2021. Phylogeny and revision of the “Cubitermes complex” termites (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae). Systematic Entomology 46(1): 224–238. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12458, 接受稿 p. 15–16，行 350–353，「Diagnosis」（正式版页码不同）；接受稿 p. 16，行 357–358，「Etymology」（正式版页码不同）；接受稿 p. 16，行 360–362，「Comments」（正式版页码不同） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (8)
- Polyspathotermes bugeserae Bouillon & Vincke, 1971 布盖塞拉多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes inclitus Silvestri, 1912 显赫多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes intercalatus Silvestri, 1914 居间多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes katangensis Sjöstedt, 1927 加丹加多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes montanus Williams, 1966 高山多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes oblectatus Harris, 1958 愉悦多铲白蚁
- Polyspathotermes sulcifrons Wasmann, 1911 沟额多铲白蚁 ★ Type species
- Polyspathotermes umbratus Williams, 1954 荫生多铲白蚁
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