Genus Tetimatermes · 足白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Apicotermitinae 尖白蚁亚科; the site records 1 species.
Type species: Tetimatermes oliveirae.
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Etymology
Etymology uncertain; -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
In the 2023 key to Neotropical soldierless workers, the genus stands alone as a couplet (the 2nd) on ‘fore tibia with a long scoop-shaped excavation’ and does not branch further; the remaining characters overlap with related genera.
Worker
Fore tibia with a long ‘scoop-shaped’ excavation (scooped out excavation, see Fontes 1986).
Sources: Carrijo T. F.; Castro D.; Wang M.; Constantini J. P.; Bourguignon T.; Cancello E. M.; Scheffrahn R. H. 2023. Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1167: 317-352. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.100001, Key to neotropical Apicotermitinae genera based on the worker caste, couplet 2 (Tetimatermes 分支) This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (1)
- Tetimatermes oliveirae Fontes, 1986 橄榄树足白蚁 ★ Type species
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