Procapritermes zhangfengensis Yang, Zhu & Huang, 1995 章凤前扭白蚁

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

Medium-sized. Head brownish yellow, mandibles brownish, antennae, thorax and legs pale yellow, labrum white, abdomen milky white; the head sparsely covered with short hairs, the anterior part of the frons with more hairs; the apex and the middle of the labrum bear respectively four long bristles and three to four short hairs; the periphery of the pronotum bears rather numerous long hairs; the anterior end of the postmentum has four long hairs. The head capsule is rectangular, longer than wide, the sides slightly projecting at the middle, rather thick in lateral view; the median suture of the head is distinct and about one-quarter of the length of the head capsule; the frontal ridge is slightly raised, the surface from the fontanelle to the postclypeus distinctly depressed, forming a groove in lateral view. The anterior part of the labrum is contracted, the anterior margin concave, the lateral corners projecting as long points. The left mandible is slightly twisted, its apex bent to the right into a hook; the right mandible is slender and long, rod-like, bent downwards before the middle. The anterior part of the postmentum is the widest, the sides narrowing behind the midpoint. Antennae with 14 segments, segments 2 and 3 equal in length, segment 4 the shortest; the pronotum is saddle-shaped, its anterior margin upturned, the middle of the posterior margin slightly declined, and neither the anterior nor the posterior margin shows a distinct notch. Tibial spur formula 2:2:2, tarsi four-segmented.

Alate

Head broadly oval, slightly narrow anteriorly, densely covered with long and short hairs; the fontanelle usually long and narrow, slit-like; the compound eyes elliptical, the ocelli oval and separated from the compound eyes; the postclypeus raised; the apical tooth of the left mandible rather short, slightly larger than or almost equal to marginal tooth 1, marginal tooth 1 larger than marginal tooth 2; the posterior margin of marginal tooth 1 of the right mandible rather long. Antennae with 14–15 segments.

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Longchuan, Yunnan, 890 m a.s.l.

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