Reticulitermes ampliceps Wang & Li, 1984 扩头散白蚁

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

Soldier head yellowish brown, mandibles reddish brown, the pilosity of the head capsule sparse. The head capsule is intermediate between rectangular and elliptical, the head width index 0.62–0.64, the sides slightly expanded in the middle and posterior parts, the posterior margin of the head broadly rounded, the head width index about 0.82–0.85. The frontal ridge is slightly raised, the interfrontal area shallowly concave and slightly concave behind the frons. The labrum is bluntly spear-shaped, its anterior part a narrow triangle, the apex bluntly rounded, the apical, subapical and lateral-apical hairs nearly equal in length, the dorsum of the labrum with several long hairs. The anterior part of the mandibles is rather slender and straight, the posterior part robust, the apex slender and slightly curved; the mandibular length about 0.53–0.54 times the head capsule length and about 0.84–0.87 times the head width. The broad region of the postmentum lies at the anterior one-fifth, its anterolateral margins expanding trapezoidally behind, the waist region rather broad with the sides in a broad arc, the waist constriction index 0.41–0.43. The pronotum is kidney-like, about 1.56–1.63 times as wide as long, the anterior and posterior margins forming two broad intersecting arcs, both concave in the middle with the anterior deeper than the posterior, with nearly twenty hairs in the middle region.

Alate

The alate head capsule is nearly circular, the fontanelle yellow and dot-like, 0.48 from the anterior frontal margin. The compound eyes are flatly rounded, the projection rate 2–3 per cent, their long diameter equal to or slightly greater than the distance from the compound eye to the lower margin of the head; the ocelli are elongate-oval, their long diameter greater than the distance between the two compound eyes. The dorsal margin of the head is slightly higher at the top of the frons and then slopes backwards, the postclypeus weakly projecting, almost level with the vertex and higher than the ocelli. Antennae with 17 segments. The pronotum is about 1.58 times as wide as long, the anterior margin straight with a shallow median notch, the posterior margin in two arcs with a deep median notch. The forewing is 6.88–7.04 mm long and 1.84 mm wide, the hindwing 6.58–6.73 mm long and 1.84 mm wide, the cubitus with about ten or more branches.

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Henan (Jingangtai, Shangcheng, 1540 m a.s.l.).

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 102 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.