Macrotermes declivatus Zhu, 1995 箕头大白蚁

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 reddish brown, anteclypeus white, labrum pale reddish brown, antennae pale, mandibles black except for the dark reddish brown base, pronotum brown, mesonotum and metanotum slightly paler, legs pale, abdomen pale brown. Head hairless, with only five hairs along the lateral margins of the labrum and two on each side of the anterior part of the postmentum, the anterior and posterior margins and the anterolateral corners of the pronotum with a few setae. Head basket-shaped, narrow in front, widest in the posterior half, the posterior margin slightly arched in the middle; fontanelle small and round, situated in the anterior half; compound eyes minute, dot-like; anteclypeus membranous. Labrum longer than wide, the transparent apex arrow-shaped; mandibles long and stout, the apex incurved, the left mandible with fine serrations, the right mandible toothless; postmentum long, the lateral margins of the anterior part projecting, the middle and posterior parts slightly parallel; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 longer than segment 2, segment 2 shortest. Pronotum twice as wide as long, the anterior and posterior margins both incised in the middle, the lateral lobes distinct, narrow and rounded. Medium soldier: head slightly reddish brown, labrum reddish brown, abdomen pale reddish brown; minor soldier palest, the labrum with four hairs on each side, mandibles slender.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Jinggu, Yunnan (850 to 900 m above sea level).

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 299 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.