Euhamitermes mengdingensis Zhu & Li, 1987 孟定亮白蚁

Recorded in Fauna Sinica

The morphological and biological accounts below are taken from Fauna Sinica and related literature; only structure and punctuation have been standardized here.

Morphology

Soldier

Head yellow, labrum pale, the tips of the mandibles reddish brown and the rest yellow, antennae and pronotum pale, abdomen milky white; the dorsum of the head densely covered with short hairs and sparse long hairs, the lateral margins and dorsum of the labrum with a few long hairs interspersed with fine short hairs, the anterior margin of the pronotum and its two lateral lobes with a few long hairs, the abdomen densely covered with fine short hairs. Head rectangular, slightly broader at the middle, gradually narrowing posteriorly, the middle of the posterior margin slightly concave; labrum wider than long, its front transparent, the anterior margin with a broad V-shaped concavity, the anteclypeus short and broad; mandibles short and stout, their tips slightly curved inwards, the middle and posterior part of the outer margin wavy, the inner margin of the left mandible near the middle with one marginal tooth whose edge is slightly elongate-S-shaped and whose tip forms an obtuse angle with the inner margin, the posterior half of the molar plate broad and bearing two small sharp teeth; the marginal tooth of the right mandible in a similar position, its edge reverse-S-shaped, with a small sharp tooth close to the end of the molar plate; postmentum short and broad, widest at about the anterior third; antennae with 14 segments, the fourth shortest; pronotum saddle-shaped, its anterior margin arc-like and the posterior margin straight; the middle of the fore tibia swollen in a bow shape; tibial spur formula 3:2:2; tarsi with four segments.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Gengma and Mengding, Yunnan (580 m).

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 323 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.