Procapritermes huananensis Yu & Ping, 1966 华南前扭白蚁

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 yellow, the frontal gland area a translucent pale yellow triangular area, the upper margin of the frontal gland pore slightly projecting and slightly sclerotised; mandibles purplish brown tinged with black; labrum nearly white; antennae pale brown with the ends of the segments very pale; the median suture of the head brown and rather fine; thorax pale yellow, abdomen white. Total body length including the mandibles about 5–5.3 mm. The whole body is sparsely covered with hairs, the hairs of the head longer, those of the labrum especially long; the hairs of the thorax shorter, those of the pronotum denser and those of the tibiae especially dense. The head is a short rectangle with rounded corners, its outline nearly oblong; in lateral view the head is rather thick, the frons inclined forwards. The labrum is rectangular, placed somewhat obliquely to the right over the two mandibles, its lateral margins extending almost parallel forwards, the middle of the anterior margin deeply concave, the lateral corners pointed. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 1 the longest, equal to the sum of segments 2 and 3, segment 3 longer than segment 2. Mandibles slender and long, slightly sinuous but largely straight; the apex of the left mandible slightly bent to the right, that of the right mandible slightly bent downwards. Postmentum nearly rectangular, narrowest at the anterior margin. Pronotum saddle-shaped, the middle of the anterior margin slightly concave.

Alate

Worker

Head pale yellow, the frontal gland area dirty white, shaped like an opened folding fan; the median suture of the head translucent, thicker anteriorly and gradually finer posteriorly; mandibles pale yellow, the condyles, the mandibular apices and the tips of the maxillary lobes brown; from the metathorax to the abdomen translucent pale white, the convolutions of the digestive tract clearly visible. The whole body is covered with sparse white hairs, those of the labrum, the thoracic dorsum and the tibiae longer and thicker. Head nearly circular; in lateral view the postclypeus and anteclypeus both form distinct wart-like swellings, the depression separating them small and their lengths nearly equal, the longitudinal fissure of the postclypeus fairly distinct. Antennae with 14 segments, segment 1 the longest and nearly equal to the sum of segments 2 and 3, segment 4 equal to segment 5 and shorter than segment 2 or 3. Mandibles slightly asymmetrical, the junction between the posterior margin of the apical tooth of the left mandible and the anterior cutting edge of marginal tooth 1 forming an obtuse angle.

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Guangxi; Yingjiang (870 m), Yunnan; Limuling, Qiongzhong (350 m) and Wuzhishan (700 m), Hainan.

Taxonomic notes

The original work placed this species in the genus Malaysiocapritermes; it is now assigned to Procapritermes.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 354 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.