Macrotermes choui Ping, 1985 周氏大白蚁

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

Major soldier: head brown tinged with red, thoracic and abdominal tergites dark brown. Head sub-trapezoidal, length about 1.3 times the width, the posterior margin nearly straight, fontanelle at the midpoint; in lateral view both the dorsal and ventral margins of the head slightly arched, the postmentum slightly exposed; labrum lanceolate, the semi-transparent area at the tip an acute triangle; mandibles stout, about half the head capsule in length, the apex slightly curved, the middle of the inner margin of the left mandible with distinct small teeth, three to four incisions near the mandibular base; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 less than twice the length of segment 2, compound eyes dot-like and projecting; postmentum more than four times as long as wide, the waist region in front of the midpoint, the sides gradually widening backwards from the middle, the premental region smooth. Anterior margin of the pronotum roughly straight, the posterior margin distinctly incised in the middle, the lateral margins broadly rounded; mesonotum wider than the pronotum, metanotum either slightly wider than the pronotum or the two nearly equal in size. Minor soldier: head brown tinged with yellow, thorax and abdomen brown; head subrectangular, labrum elongate-lanceolate, mandibles slender and less than two thirds of the head capsule length, the base of the right mandible with a small pointed tooth, postmentum about three times as long as wide.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Yingjiang, Yunnan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 297 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.