Genus Proneotermes · 前新白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Kalotermitidae 木白蚁科; the site records 4 species.
Type species: Proneotermes perezi.
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Etymology
From Greek pro- (before) + neos (new) + 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 alate, with the media of the forewing weakly sclerotised and closer to the radial sector, can be distinguished from Incisitermes and Marginitermes; the soldier differs from Marginitermes in that the latter has a much longer third antennal segment, a more distinct frontal ridge, long mandibles and serrate anterolateral corners of the pronotum, and differs from Incisitermes in that the latter has a dorsoventrally flattened head, its front inclined downwards at about 20°, and lacks a frontal ridge.
Alate
Pale yellow; eyes rather small, 0.39–0.43 mm in diameter, ocelli touching the compound eye; antennae 17–18 segments; the first and second marginal teeth of the left mandible slightly shorter at the base than the third marginal tooth; posterior margin of the second marginal tooth of the right mandible slightly longer than the molar plate; pronotum slightly wider than the head; wing membrane transparent; radius of the forewing simple, extending to about half the wing length; radial sector with 4–6 branches, the first branch at about half the wing length; media more weakly sclerotised than the radial sector, parallel to and rather close to the radial sector; arolium present.
Soldier
Anterior part of the head nearly black, fading posteriorly to yellow; sides of the head parallel, the anterior part slightly truncate, inclined downwards towards the clypeus at about 45°; dorsolateral corners of the frons slightly raised; a very weak ridge between the frons and the vertex; the sides above the antennal sockets rough; no angular processes above or below the antennal sockets; eye spots distinct, colourless; antennae 13–14 segments, the third longer than the second or the fourth, club-shaped; mandibles strong, with a distinct basal tubercle; pronotum as wide as the head, the anterior margin slightly raised and deeply concave, the sides and posterior margin rather rounded; femora stout and short.
Sources: Krishna K. 1961. A generic revision and phylogenetic study of the family Kalotermitidae (Isoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122: 303–408., pp. 363–364 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (4)
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