Nasutitermes bannaensis Li, 1986 版纳象白蚁

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

Head, thorax and abdomen of the soldier reddish brown, antennae yellowish brown, legs pale yellow. A few short hairs at the tip of the nasus; no distinct hairs on the dorsum of the head, thorax or abdomen, but long and short hairs more numerous on the sternites. Head nearly circular, length and width almost equal, narrow in front and broad behind, bulging like a ball behind the antennal sockets, the posterior margin broadly rounded and slightly flat at its centre. In lateral view the nasus slightly straight, the occiput slightly higher than the tip of the nasus; the mandibles bearing rather long pointed spines. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 3 short and small. The anterior margin of the pronotum standing erect and tilted up, the anterior and posterior margins without distinct incisions, the posterior margin slightly concave. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi 4-segmented.

Alate

Worker

In the worker the apical tooth of the left mandible is almost equal in size to the first marginal tooth, and the cutting edges between the marginal teeth are rather straight; the apical tooth of the right mandible is also almost equal to the first marginal tooth, and the second marginal tooth is situated close to the first.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Xiaomenglun, Mengla, Yunnan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 405 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.