Genus Tuberculitermes · 小瘤白蚁属
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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 3 species.
Type species: Tuberculitermes bycanistes.
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Etymology
From Latin tuberculum (small swelling) + 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 anterior part of the soldier head extends into a large and conspicuous nasus, and the head is rectangular; the sides of the head are rounded in Proboscitermes.
Soldier
Each side of the posterior margin of the head bears a nearly tooth-like process; the labrum is much longer than wide; the mandibles are as long as the head capsule, straight, and hooked at the apex.
Worker
The second marginal tooth of the right mandible is lost in the alate–worker; Emerson (1960) noted that this pattern is similar only in Euchilotermes, Ophiotermes, Tuberculitermes and Spinitermes.
Sources: Holmgren, N. 1912. Termitenstudien 3. Systematik der Termiten. Die Familie Metatermitidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 48(4)., p. 108（Untergattungen 检索表 ee 项）; Emerson, A. E. 1928. Termites of the Belgian Congo and the Cameroon. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 401–574., p. 419（兵蚁检索表）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. Six new genera of Termitinae from the Belgian Congo (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1988: 1–24., p. 21（Nitiditermes 工蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (3)
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