Genus Quasitermes · 相似白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Termitinae 白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Quasitermes incisus.
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Etymology
From Latin quasi (as if, resembling) + 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 labrum is almost asymmetrical, its lateral points short and sharp; the labrum of Mirocapritermes is more asymmetrical and more deeply forked, and its lateral points are longer and sharper (Emerson 1950).
Soldier
Head elongate and nearly quadrate, its sides parallel and slightly convex; the frontal projection points forward and is not very sharp (the quotation is interrupted here by the original page header); the labrum is longer than wide, its apex shallowly concave or angular; the mandibles are asymmetrical and adapted for snapping, the left mandible slightly undulate and the right slightly curved outwards.
Sources: Emerson, A. E. 1950. Five new genera of termites from South America and Madagascar (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1444: 1–15., p. 10（Quasitermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1950. Five new genera of termites from South America and Madagascar (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1444: 1–15., p. 11（Quasitermes 兵蚁）; Emerson, A. E. 1950. Five new genera of termites from South America and Madagascar (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1444: 1–15., p. 11（Quasitermes 兵蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Quasitermes incisus Cachan, 1949 切割相似白蚁 ★ Type species
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