Genus Uncitermes · 弯钩白蚁属
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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 2 species.
Type species: Uncitermes teevani.
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Etymology
From Latin uncus (hook) + 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 mandibles are hook-like, there is no row of short stout spines along the margins of the pro-, meso- and metanotal plates, and the fore coxa lacks a keel-like process and coarse setae; on these characters it can be distinguished from Armitermes.
Soldier
Monotypic; head circular in dorsal view; frontal tube conical, as long as the head base and forming an angle of nearly 45° with it in lateral view; antennae 15 segments; labrum rounded, with a transparent anterior margin lacking a distinct point; postmentum subrectangular.
Worker
Monotypic; head circular; frontal suture indistinct; fontanelle elliptical and indistinct; antennae 15 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. 821，「Soldier」段；p. 821，「Worker」段；p. 822，「Comparisons」段 This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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