Nasutitermes qingjiensis Li, 1979 庆界象白蚁

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 yellowish brown, most of the nasus red-brown, thorax and abdomen pale brown. Surface of the head almost bare, short hairs at the tip of the nasus, the abdominal tergites covered with fine hairs, the hairs of the sternites finer and longer. Head nearly circular; nasus a long cone, almost as long as the head, the median line of the dorsum of the nasus raised and extending into the frontal region; in lateral view slightly depressed where the nasus meets the head; mandibles without a pointed spine. Antennae with 13 segments, segments 2 and 4 shortest and about equal in length. Anterior part of the pronotum erect, slightly shorter than the posterior part, the middle of the anterior margin retaining an indistinct trace of a shallow concavity.

Alate

Worker

Head of the worker yellowish brown, thorax and abdomen pale brown; the head with sparse short hairs, the dorsum and ventral surface of the thorax and abdomen densely covered with short hairs. Head rather roundly square, the dorsum of the head with a T-shaped marking, postclypeus arched, with a longitudinal groove in the middle. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 4 shortest. The erect anterior part of the pronotum about as wide as the posterior part, the anterior margin not concave.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Huangnikeng, Longquan, Zhejiang.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 431 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.