Genus Promirotermes · 前奇白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Promirotermitinae 前奇白蚁亚科; the site records 10 species, 2 subspecies.
Type species: Promirotermes holmgreni.
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Etymology
From Greek pro- (before) + Latin mirus (wonderful) + 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 head markedly narrowing anteriorly, the sides nearly straight; labral anterior margin concave, ending in two points; mandibles long and slender, black, suited to snapping; antennae 14-segmented, segment 3 very long.
Soldier
Head yellow, strongly narrowing anteriorly, the sides nearly straight; antennae 14-segmented (segment 3 very long, about 0.22–0.32 mm, segments 2 and 4 about equal in length); labral anterior margin concave, ending in two points; mandibles long and slender, black, suited to snapping; pronotal anterior margin slightly concave. Measurements (mm): head length with mandibles 3.00–3.10, head width 1.10–1.17, antennae 2.20, pronotum 0.27×0.55, hind tibia 1.27, left mandible 1.77–1.84. Distinguished from M. bellicosi (pronotal anterior margin deeply cleft), M. gracilipes (larger, the sides of the head less straight) and M. holmgreni (frontal prominence more raised, the sides of the head not straight).
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., pp. 541–542 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (10 species, 2 subspecies)
- Promirotermes bechuana Fuller, 1922 贝专纳前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes bellicosi Wasmann, 1912 勇猛前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes dumisae Fuller, 1925 杜米萨前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes gracilipes Schmitz, 1917 细足前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes holmgreni Silvestri, 1912 霍姆格伦前奇白蚁 ★ Type species
- Promirotermes massaicus Sjöstedt, 1907 马萨前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes orthoceps Emerson, 1928 直头前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes pygmaeus Harris, 1963 短小前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes redundans Silvestri, 1914 常见前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes rotundifrons Silvestri, 1908 圆额前奇白蚁
- Promirotermes holmgreni holmgreni Silvestri, 1912 指名亚种
- Promirotermes holmgreni infera Silvestri, 1914 下亚种
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