Neotermes dubiocalcaratus Han, 1984 异距新白蚁

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 pale red-brown, the anterior end darker than the posterior, antennae nearly yellowish brown, eyes pale and transparent, mandibles blackish brown and red-brown at the base, pronotum pale yellow with red-brown margins, the body covered with sparse long hairs. Head capsule rather rectangular, the lateral margins more or less parallel to each other; the frontal surface slightly inclined, the median pit extending rather far backwards, the posterior lateral corners of the head capsule broad and round. Compound eyes rather large, nearly circular in outline, ocelli absent. Antennae with 13 to 16 segments, the first segment thick and long, segment 3 slightly longer than or equal to segment 2, the remaining segments gradually longer in turn, the terminal segment oval, the antennal socket process well developed and turned upwards. Postclypeus nearly rectangular, the anterior margin with long hairs; anteclypeus short and narrow; labrum nearly square, the anterior margin rather straight and sometimes slightly convex in the middle, with long and short hairs on the anterior margin and the dorsum. Mandibles stout, the base slightly swollen, the outer margin nearly straight, the apex curved inwards, about half the head capsule (to the mandibular base). Left mandible with five marginal teeth, the first and second almost equal in length and nearly triangular, the third and fourth shorter with a deep concavity between them, the fifth large and projecting; right mandible with two marginal teeth, slightly wavy between the first tooth and the apical tooth, the two teeth nearly triangular and equal in length, the first with a posterior margin slightly longer than the anterior. Postmentum with a rather wide anterior end, the lateral margins slightly concave at the middle, distinctly divided into anterior and posterior lobes, the middle part slender and narrow, the posterior end slightly wide, the anterior margin broadly rounded, the posterior margin wavy. Pronotum nearly rectangular, wider than the head capsule, with sparse long hairs, the anterior margin broadly concave, the lateral margins nearly parallel, the anterior lateral corners rather narrowly rounded, the posterior margin nearly straight. Legs slender with sparse hairs, the apex of the tibia mostly 3:3:3, in some specimens with one spur more or one fewer on the outer side of the apex of the fore or mid tibia, giving 4:3:3, 4:2:3 or 2:4:3; tarsi 4-segmented.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Mangshi, Yunnan.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 53 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.