Nasutitermes longwangshanensis Gao, 1988 龙王山象白蚁

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

Large form: head brown, the apical third of the nasus concolorous with the head and the basal two thirds darker, antennae yellowish brown, anterior lobe of the pronotum dark brown and the posterior lobe near the head colour, thoracic and abdominal tergites yellowish brown, legs pale yellow. Pilosity on the head sparse, denser at the tip of the nasus. Head nearly flatly rounded, widest slightly behind the middle, the middle of the posterior margin slightly concave; in lateral view the posterior part of the dorsal margin of the head slightly raised, the base of the nasus slightly raised, the nasus obliquely turned up, the mandibular teeth rather distinct. Antennae with 13 to 14 segments: in the 13-segmented form segment 2 the most slender and short and segment 4 slightly longer than segment 2; in the 14-segmented form segment 4 slightly shorter than segment 2. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the median incision of the anterior margin distinct, that of the posterior margin indistinct; abdomen elongate-olive-shaped. Small form: head pale brownish yellow, nasus pale reddish brown, anterior lobe of the pronotum pale reddish brown, abdominal tergites yellowish brown, legs pale yellow, chaetotaxy similar to the large form. Head broadly rounded, widest in the middle and posterior part, the posterior margin broadly arcuate; in lateral view the posterior part of the dorsal margin of the head not markedly raised, the tip of the nasus slightly turned up, nasus conical, the mandibular teeth indistinct; antennae with 13 segments, segments 2 and 4 almost equal in length.

Alate

Worker

Large worker: head yellowish brown, the T-shaped suture pale, antennae yellow, pronotum paler than the head, mesonotal and metanotal tergites similar to the pronotum, abdominal tergites pale yellowish brown, legs pale yellow. Head nearly broadly rounded, widest slightly in front of the middle; the posterior margin of the apical tooth of the left mandible almost equal to or slightly shorter than the anterior margin of the first marginal tooth, the apical tooth of the right mandible slightly longer than the anterior margin of the first marginal tooth but shorter than its posterior margin. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 4 shortest, segments 2 and 4 almost equal in length. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the median incision of the anterior margin distinct. Small form paler than the large form, chaetotaxy and head shape similar to the large form but of smaller body size, antennae with 13 segments.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Longwangshan, Zhejiang.

Taxonomic notes

The original work placed it in the genus Mironasutitermes; it is now assigned to the genus Nasutitermes.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 455 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.