Neotermes undulatus Xu & Han, 1985 波颚新白蚁

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 and labrum of the soldier orange-red, anteclypeus greyish yellow, mandibles blackish brown and slightly paler at the base, antennae yellowish brown, thorax and abdomen greyish yellow, the body covered with sparse long hairs. Head capsule nearly rectangular, the lateral margins near the mandibular base slightly projecting, the lateral margins nearly parallel, the posterior margin broadly rounded; Y-shaped suture distinct, frons slightly inclined forwards. Eyes small and distinct, nearly oval. Antennae with 13 to 15 segments, segment 3 distinctly longer than segment 2. Anterior margin of the postclypeus with four long hairs; anteclypeus wide, short and nearly trapezoidal; the outline of the labrum approximating a rectangle, its anterior margin nearly broadly rounded. Mandibles strong, the base appearing swollen, the outer margin slightly wavy, the tip slightly curved inwards; the left mandible longer than half the head capsule, the inner margin with five marginal teeth, the first and second triangular and nearly equal in length, the third and fourth nearly equal with a deep concavity between them, the fifth slightly longer; the inner margin of the right mandible with two marginal teeth nearly equal in length, slightly wavy between the apical tooth and the first. Postmentum rather slender, the widest anterior region bearing several long hairs, the lateral margins slightly concave at the middle and divided into anterior and posterior lobes, the anterior lobe larger than the posterior, the middle section slender, slightly wider near the base. Pronotum nearly rectangular, distinctly wider than the head capsule, the anterior margin rather wide and deeply concave without an incision, the posterior lateral margins nearly broadly rounded, the posterior margin nearly flat and slightly concave in the middle.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Xuwen, Guangdong.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 64 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.