Genus Profastigitermes · 前峰白蚁属
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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 1 species.
Type species: Profastigitermes putnami.
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Etymology
From Greek pro- (before) + Latin fastigium (ridge) + 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
Above the fontanelle opening and slightly behind it the vertex forms a rounded hump (the hump of Fastigitermes projects further forward); the postmentum narrows from below and is narrowest at a conspicuous bidentate projection, whereas the corresponding projection in Fastigitermes is a single, sharp backward-directed spine.
Soldier
The head surface is sparsely covered with setae, with a large tuft of long hairs around the fontanelle opening and a few setae near the anterior margin of the labrum and on the anterior margin of the postmentum; the postmentum narrows from below and bears a bidentate projection about a quarter of its length in front of the middle of the posterior margin, with a slightly concave ridge between its two points in anterior view.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 41（Profastigitermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 41（Profastigitermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 41（Profastigitermes 兵蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Profastigitermes putnami Emerson, 1960 帕特南前峰白蚁 ★ Type species
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