Hospitalitermes damenglongensis He & Gao, 1984 大勐龙须白蚁

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

Body medium-sized, head pear-shaped, slightly longer than wide, the sides distinctly contracted behind the antennae, widest in the posterior section of the head, the posterior margin a broad arc and very slightly convex outwards; in profile the back of the head strongly raised and distinctly depressed near the base of the nasus. The nasus cylindrical, about half the length of the head, upturned at the tip, its lower margin meeting the clypeus at almost a right angle, the frontal gland duct visible. Mandibles with a single pointed process, this process rather long. Antennae with 14 segments, the third two to three times the second, the fourth about twice the second. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior lobe distinctly shorter than the posterior lobe, the anterior margin broad and straight, the lateral margins narrowing rapidly backwards, the posterior margin narrow and arcuately convex forwards. Legs rather long, the hind femora reaching or surpassing the end of the abdomen, the tibiae slender and long, spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi with four segments.

Alate

Worker

Head reddish brown, paler in front, labrum pale yellowish brown, antennae paler than the back of the head, pronotum the same colour as the head, femora reddish brown, tibiae yellowish brown. The head with fine short hairs, the labrum with several pairs of long and short hairs, the thoracic and abdominal tergites sparsely haired and the sternites more densely so. Body medium-sized, head nearly circular, widest behind the antennae, the posterior margin arcuate, the postclypeus raised with a straight anterior margin and an arched posterior margin, a median longitudinal groove whose length is less than half its width; the vertex with a Y-shaped suture line, the fontanelle distinct and dot-like. Antennae with 15 segments, the third longer than the fourth and about 1.5 times the second. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior lobe inclined upwards and almost as long as the posterior lobe, the middle of the posterior margin with a small notch. The small worker resembles the large worker in body form and chaetotaxy, its colour paler, antennae with 15 segments, the second, third and fourth nearly equal in length.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Damenglong, Jinghong, Yunnan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 389 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.