Pseudocapritermes sinensis Ping & Xu, 1986 中华伪扭白蚁

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

The head capsule is pale yellow, the mandibles dark brown and darker on the left than on the right, the anterior half of the labrum pale yellow and the posterior half turning white, the antennae yellowish brown, the thorax, abdomen and legs pale yellow. The hairs of the head capsule are sparse, with a few long hairs on the frontal surface and a pair of crossed short hairs in front of the frontal gland pore. The head capsule is rectangular, the head width index 0.56–0.59, the sides almost parallel and slightly expanded at the middle, the posterior margin broadly rounded, the median suture distinct and about half the length of the head capsule. In lateral view the frontal slope is about 50 degrees, slightly concave at the frontal gland pore, the top of the frons slightly projecting above the pore, and the dorsal margin of the head sloping backwards from the top of the frons at 20 degrees. The labrum is strip-like, about twice as long as wide. The two mandibles are distinctly asymmetrical and nearly equal in length; the apex of the left mandible is bent into a hook, the mandibular body slightly swollen behind the hook and then band-like, twisted in an S-shape from the base upwards and to the right, its length about 1.5 times the width of the head; the right mandible is flattened, obliquely pointed at one-quarter from the anterior end. Antennae with 14 segments. The postmentum is club-shaped, the constriction index of the waist region 0.46–0.50. The pronotum is saddle-shaped. Tibial spur formula 3:2:2.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi.

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 387 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.