Genus Ternicubitermes · 三方白蚁属
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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 13 species.
Type species: Ternicubitermes bilobatodes.
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Etymology
From Latin terni (three each) + cubitus (elbow) + 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 worker enteric valve of this genus is of the basic type (basic EVA), the primary cushions being spindle-shaped or roughly rectangular. The original places the genus in clade V, corresponding to the muneris and bilobatodes types of Josens & Deligne (2019).
Worker
Enteric valve of the basic type; primary cushions spindle-shaped or roughly rectangular.
Sources: Hellemans, S.; Deligne, J.; Roisin, Y.; Josens, G. 2021. Phylogeny and revision of the “Cubitermes complex” termites (Termitidae: Cubitermitinae). Systematic Entomology 46(1): 224–238. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12458, 接受稿 p. 16–17，行 367–368，「Diagnosis」（正式版页码不同）；接受稿 p. 17，行 373–374，「Etymology」（正式版页码不同）；接受稿 p. 17，行 375–376，「Comments」（正式版页码不同） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (13)
- Ternicubitermes bilobatodes Silvestri, 1912 双叶三方白蚁 ★ Type species
- Ternicubitermes breviceps Sjöstedt, 1913 短头三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes duplex Holmgren, 1913 含糊三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes falcifer Williams, 1966 具镰三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes glebae Sjöstedt, 1913 土块三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes latens Williams, 1966 隐藏三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes microduplex Fuller, 1925 小双三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes muneris Sjöstedt, 1913 职司三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes pallidiceps Sjöstedt, 1913 灰头三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes subcrenulatus Silvestri, 1914 微齿三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes undulatus Fuller, 1925 波颚三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes weissi Silvestri, 1912 魏斯三方白蚁
- Ternicubitermes zavattarii Ghidini, 1937 扎瓦塔里三方白蚁
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