Nasutitermes shangchengensis Wang & Li, 1984 商城象白蚁

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 reddish brown, slightly paler posteriorly, nasus deep reddish brown, pronotum and antennae yellowish brown, femora and tibiae pale yellow. Head almost bare, sparsely covered with fine short hairs, hairs more numerous at the tip of the nasus. Head nearly circular, widest slightly behind the middle, the posterior margin slightly concave, with a distinct longitudinal suture, the fontanelle tube extending from the middle of the head to the tip of the nasus. Nasus conical, in lateral view the line between the nasus and the head rather straight, the upturn indistinct, the mandibles with distinct apical teeth. Antennae with 13 segments, segments 2 and 4 shortest, the two together about equal to segment 3. Pronotum saddle-shaped, its anterior lobe slightly shorter than the posterior lobe, the median incision of the anterior margin indistinct, the middle of the posterior margin slightly concave; abdomen olive-shaped. Small form paler than the large form, the head slightly wider than long, the posterior margin more distinctly concave, the apical teeth of the mandibles indistinct; antennae with 12 segments, segment 2 shortest, segments 3 and 4 about equal in length.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Dongfengjian, Shangcheng, Henan.

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. 458 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.