Genus Tonsuritermes · 奇囟白蚁属
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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 2 species.
Type species: Tonsuritermes tucki.
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Etymology
From Latin tonsus (shorn) + 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 worker and alate the fontanelle is very large, occupying from one-quarter to three-quarters of the head width in dorsal view; the inner surface of the fore tibia bears two rows of spine-like setae.
Worker
Monotypic or dimorphic; head flattened in lateral view and circular in dorsal view; fontanelle margin distinct, depressed into the vertex, occupying one-quarter to three-quarters of the head width; antennae 14 segments; postclypeus moderately to strongly inflated.
Alate
Head trapezoidal in dorsal view, flattened in lateral view; between the postclypeus and the ocelli, above the antennal insertions, are two frontal spots larger than the ocelli; between the two frontal spots and the fontanelle are two further, smaller triangular spots.
Sources: Constantini, J. P.; Carrijo, T. F.; Palma-Onetto, V.; Scheffrahn, R.; Carnohan, L. P.; Šobotník, J.; Cancello, E. M. 2018. Tonsuritermes, a new soldierless termite genus and two new species from South America (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae). Zootaxa 4531(3): 383–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.4, pp. 384–387，「Diagnosis」段；pp. 384–387，「Imago」段；pp. 384–387，「Worker」段 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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