Nasutitermes gardneri Snyder, 1933 尖鼻象白蚁

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 of the soldier yellow mottled with brown, nasus reddish brown, antennae and dorsum of the abdomen yellowish brown, ventral surface of the abdomen pale brown. Head bare, with only scattered hairs, thorax with a few fine short hairs, dorsum of the abdomen densely covered with fine short hairs, the posterior end of each ventral segment with a row of long hairs. Head broadly circular, length and width about equal, widest at the middle; nasus a long tube extending straight forwards, the line between the nasus and the vertex slightly concave; the outer end of the mandibles blunt, without a pointed spine. Antennae with 13 segments, segments 2 and 4 about equal in length, segment 3 about twice as long as segment 2, sometimes appearing incompletely divided. Anterior part of the pronotum slightly shorter than the posterior part, erect or inclined backwards, the anterior margin without a distinct median incision, the posterior margin straight.

Alate

Worker

Head of the worker deep yellowish brown, the cephalic sutures forming a pale T, thorax and abdomen light brown; the whole body densely covered with fine short hairs. Outline of the head between circular and square, the anterior end slightly expanded to the sides, the transverse band on the dorsum of the head inclined forwards and downwards, the fontanelle behind the intersection of the T; postclypeus arched, about three times as wide as long. Antennae with 15 or 14 segments. Anterior half of the pronotum large and erect, roughly a low transverse quadrilateral, the anterior margin notched in the middle.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Tianmu Mountains, Zhejiang; abroad, India.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 415 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.