Indotermes hainanensis He & Xia, 1981 海南印白蚁

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

Medium-sized. Head relatively large, hypognathous, approaching rectangular, width slightly less than length (excluding mandibles); the anterior part slightly narrower, the middle broader, the posterior margin slightly concave in the middle; in lateral view the highest point of the head dorsum lies at the middle. Labrum ligulate, broad at the base, slightly narrowed apically, the apex broadly rounded. Mandibles stout and prominent, the basal half broader, the outer margin projecting outwards, the apical half narrower, the apex markedly incurved; left mandible with a broad marginal tooth near the middle of the inner margin, its tip directed inwards, its anterior margin straight and at the same level as the tooth tip; right mandible also with an equally broad marginal tooth on the inner margin. Postmentum long and flat, length slightly less than twice the greatest width, widest at the middle of the anterior part, its width about twice that of the narrowest part of the waist. Antennae with 14 segments, segments 2 and 4 equal in length, segment 3 longest. Pronotum with the anterior lobe erect, saddle-shaped, distinctly longer than the posterior lobe, the anterior margin of the anterior lobe projecting in the middle, the posterior margin of the posterior lobe with a distinct notch in the middle. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi 3-segmented.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Hainan.

Taxonomic notes

The original work placed this species in the genus Sinotermes; it is now assigned to the genus Indotermes.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 334 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.