Genus Silvestritermes · 西尔韦斯特里白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Syntermitinae 聚白蚁亚科; the site records 7 species.
Type species: Silvestritermes euamignathus.
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Etymology
Named after the entomologist F. Silvestri; -termes from 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 soldier differs from Armitermes in lacking a row of short stout spines along the margins of the pro-, meso- and metanotal plates.
Soldier
Monotypic; head circular in dorsal view, or with rounded lateral margins and angular posterior corners; frontal tube conical, projecting beyond the labrum in dorsal view.
Worker
Monotypic; head circular, frontal suture indistinct; fontanelle elliptical but very indistinct (except in S. lanei); postclypeus and labrum as in the alate; antennae 13 or 14 segments.
Sources: Rocha, M. M.; Cancello, E. M.; Carrijo, T. F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 793–827. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x, p. 811–812，「Soldier」段；p. 812，「Comparisons」段；p. 812，「Worker」段 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (7)
- Silvestritermes almirsateri Rocha & Cancello, 2012 阿尔米尔萨特
尔西尔韦斯特里白蚁 - Silvestritermes duende Rocha & Cancello, 2012 精灵西尔韦斯特里白蚁
- Silvestritermes euamignathus Silvestri, 1901 真弓颚西尔韦斯特里白蚁 ★ Type species
- Silvestritermes gnomus Constantino, 1991 标记西尔韦斯特里白蚁
- Silvestritermes heyeri Wasmann, 1915 海耶尔西尔韦斯特里白蚁
- Silvestritermes lanei Canter, 1968 莱恩西尔韦斯特里白蚁
- Silvestritermes minutus Emerson, 1925 最小西尔韦斯特里白蚁
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