Genus Verrucositermes · 疣白蚁属
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About the genus
This genus belongs to the family Termitidae 白蚁科, in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae 象白蚁亚科; the site records 2 species.
Type species: Verrucositermes tuberosus.
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Etymology
From Latin verrucosus (warty) + 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
Emerson pointed out that the numerous conspicuous tubercles on the soldier head capsule and antennae are unique among the known nasute termites and, judging from their structure and position, are probably olfactory sensilla.
Alate
Postclypeus moderately convex, 2–5 times as wide as long, anterior margin concave and undulate; fontanelle a pale stripe, narrowing and slightly depressed posteriorly; compound eyes slightly projecting beyond the sides of the head, with a notched margin; pilosity fine, dense and uniform, with a few coarser setae intermixed; pronotum narrowing posteriorly at the sides, less than two-thirds as long as wide.
Soldier
Monotypic. Nasus slender, cylindrical, tapering to a fine point; reduced mandibles without an apical process but angular in outline; anterior margin of the labrum undulate. Head capsule strongly inflated at the base of the nasus and sharply constricted at the middle, densely covered with irregular small tubercles, densest at the base of the nasus and on the anterior lobe. Antennae 12–13 segments, segments III–IX or X each with 3 tubercles on the inner side.
Worker
Apical tooth of the left mandible longer than the first marginal tooth, the distance between them greater than that between the first and third marginal teeth (left mandible index 1.36); the cutting edge in front of the third marginal tooth with a notch; the gap between the third marginal tooth and the molar prominence slightly wider than that notch, the small tooth between them barely visible.
Sources: Sands, W. A. 1965. A revision of the termite subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae) from the Ethiopian Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, Supplement 4. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)., pp. 156–157（Imago、Soldier、Worker 属征及讨论）; Emerson, A. E. 1960. New genera on the Subulitermes branch of the Nasutitermitinae from the Ethiopian Region (Isoptera, Termitidae). American Museum Novitates 1987: 1–21., pp. 3–5（原始描述：有翅成虫、兵蚁、工蚁） This text is an adaptation, not a verbatim transcription of the original.
Species (2)
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