Macrotermes longiceps Li & Ping, 1983 长头大白蚁

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, mandibles dark brown, labrum, antennae, pronotum and abdominal tergites brownish yellow, mesonotum, metanotum and legs pale yellow; eight to ten setae on the labrum, two on the clypeus, two to four on the pronotum. Head rather long, gradually widening from front to back and widest behind, in dorsal view an isosceles trapezoid, the posterior margin slightly arched; mandibles stout, the middle of the inner margin with serrations, the mandibular body rather short; labrum elliptical, widest at the middle, the transparent area long and triangular, the apex bluntly convex; antennae with 17 segments, segment 3 longer than segment 2; fontanelle slightly in front of the middle, a small brown dot; postmentum long, broader in front of the waist and nearly parallel below it. The posterior incision of the pronotum larger than the anterior one; the lateral angles of all three thoracic segments with distinct angular lobes, the tips of the angles usually bearing one long seta. Minor soldier: head, labrum and antennae yellow, mandibles reddish brown, thorax and abdomen pale yellow; head nearly rectangular, slightly contracted anteriorly with the posterior margin arched; mandibles slender, rather straight with the apex slightly curved; labrum ligulate, the transparent area projecting as a triangle; antennae with 17 segments, segment 2 slightly longer than segment 3; fontanelle and eyes both indistinct.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Diaoluoshan, Hainan; Guangxi.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 306 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.