Macrotermes hainanensis Li & Ping, 1983 海南大白蚁

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, mandibles dark brown, antennae and pronotum brownish yellow, mesonotum, metanotum and abdomen pale brownish yellow, legs yellowish white; about ten long setae on each side of the labrum, three to four on the postclypeus, the thoracic and abdominal tergites with only sparse hairs. Head nearly rectangular, widest at the middle, the posterior margin straight; mandibles stout, the apex incurved, the base of the left mandible with several incisions; labrum elliptical, the transparent apex triangular and pointed; fontanelle slightly in front of the middle, a small brown dot; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 1.5 to 2 times segment 2; postmentum long, contracted anteriorly, widest in front of the waist, parallel below it and narrowest at the anterior margin. Pronotum widest, the anterior and posterior margins distinctly incised; mesonotum narrowest with a broadly concave posterior margin; the posterior margin of the metanotum nearly flat; the anterolateral corners of the pronotum bluntly rounded, the lateral angles of the mesonotum and metanotum sharp. Minor soldier: head, labrum and antennae orange-yellow, mandibles reddish brown; eight to ten setae on each side of the labrum; head nearly rectangular with the posterior margin nearly flat; mandibles slender, elongate and rather straight; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 almost equal to segment 2; the anterolateral corners of the pronotum broadly lobed.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Wuzhishan, Hainan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 302 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.