Nasutitermes sinensis Gao & Tian, 1990 中华象白蚁

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 orange-yellow, nasus pale reddish brown and still paler at the base, antennae paler than the head; the anterior half of the pronotum darker, nearly yellowish brown, abdomen and legs pale yellow. Hairs on the head very sparse, two long hairs posteriorly, the nasus with several rather long hairs and densely covered with short hairs at the tip, the anterior margin of the pronotum and the abdomen with more numerous hairs. Head pear-shaped, longer than wide, widest in the posterior half, the concavity in the middle of the posterior margin distinct. Nasus tubular, slender at the tip and thick at the base; in lateral view the dorsal margin of the head markedly raised in its posterior section, the base of the nasus slightly raised, the tip of the nasus very slightly turned up. The tip of the mandibles with a fine pointed spine. Antennae with 12 to 13 segments, segment 2 shortest in the 12-segmented form, segment 4 shortest in the 13-segmented form. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior and posterior margins both concave in the middle, abdomen olive-shaped.

Alate

Worker

Head yellowish brown, with a pale T-shaped suture, antennae and pronotum pale yellowish brown, mesonotal and metanotal and abdominal tergites and legs yellow. Head sparsely covered with short hairs, the abdomen more densely hairy. Head nearly circular, the posterior margin broadly arcuate, widest behind the antennal sockets, postclypeus arched. The anterior margin of the first marginal tooth of the left mandible about equal in length to the posterior margin of the apical tooth, the anterior margin of the first marginal tooth of the right mandible slightly shorter than the posterior margin of the apical tooth and also shorter than the posterior margin of the second marginal tooth. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 4 shortest. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the anterior part erect and concave, the hind tibia nearly equal to the head width.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Hejiang, Sichuan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 432 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.