Reticulitermes pseudaculabialis Gao, Pan, Ma & Shi, 1982 拟尖唇散白蚁

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

Head pale yellowish brown, mandibles purplish brown, pilosity of the head capsule rather sparse. Head capsule rectangular, head-width index 0.60, lateral margins nearly parallel, the middle of the posterior margin straight, posterior lateral corners broadly rounded. Frontal region slightly raised, flat between the peaks. Labrum lanceolate, apex triangular, apical and subapical setae present, lateral apical setae slender and short. Mandibles short and stout, apex strongly curved, mandibular basal ridge visible; length 0.50 of head capsule length and 0.80–0.84 of head width. Antennae 17–18 segments. Widest part of the postmentum at the anterior fifth, anterior lateral margins trapezoidal and widening posteriorly, the middle section slightly concave; waist region narrow and long, margins nearly parallel, waist constriction index 0.39–0.41. Pronotum somewhat trapezoidal, about 1.56 times as wide as long, anterior margin with a broad V-shaped shallow concavity, posterior margin slightly concave in the middle; more than 20 setae in the middle region.

Alate

Head capsule blackish brown, pronotum also blackish brown, labrum, postclypeus and antennae light blackish brown, tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow. Head capsule elongate-oval, compound eyes rather small, their greatest diameter slightly greater than the distance from the compound eye to the lower margin of the head. Ocelli nearly circular, diameter slightly greater than the distance between ocellus and compound eye. Antennae 17–18 segments. Vertex gently arched, postclypeus projecting, situated lower than the vertex and higher than the ocelli. Anterior margin of the pronotum straight; the incision at the middle of the anterior margin narrower and shallower than that at the middle of the posterior margin. Wings narrow and long, cubital vein with 9–11 branches.

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Host record: paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera).

Distribution and locality

Nanchong, Sichuan.

Taxonomic notes

The letters of the genus name are defective in the original work, printed as Reticuliter mes; this is in fact Reticulitermes, the same genus name as used on this site.

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 144 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.