Schedorhinotermes ganlanbaensis Xia & He, 1980 橄榄坝长鼻白蚁

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 of the soldier widest behind the antennal sockets, distinctly narrowing posteriorly, the posterior margin a narrow arc; in profile the dorsal surface slightly arcuate, the postmentum rather projecting on the ventral surface. Mandibles slender and long, not swollen at the outer base, the left mandible with two marginal teeth and the right with one. Labrum narrow and long, contracted at the middle of its sides to form a waist; the apex and the anterior margin of the transparent area rather deeply incised in the middle, the notch flanked by two projecting semicircular lobes, the dorsal surface with a longitudinal groove, the labral tip reaching the mandibular apices. Anteclypeus rather long, projecting forward in the middle and not concave at the centre, distinctly longer than the sides of the postclypeus; postclypeus raised. Fontanelle distinct and circular, situated in front of the mid-point between the two antennal sockets, the posterior part of the aperture smooth and unwrinkled, in front hollowed into a longitudinal groove that reaches the clypeus and extends to the labral tip. Antennae 15–16 segments. Postmentum rather short, the waist near the middle, the narrowest part fairly broad relative to the widest part or to the length. Pronotum rather narrow; the anterior margin projecting distinctly forward in the middle without a central concavity, the posterior part of the lateral margins slightly contracted, a shallow notch in the centre of the posterior margin; the pronotum slightly wider than the mesonotum and narrower than the metanotum.

Alate

Worker

Nymph

Abstract (from the source)

Biology

Distribution and locality

Yunnan (Ganlanba, Jinghong).

Taxonomic notes

Source: Huang Fusheng et al. (2000), Fauna Sinica, Insecta vol. 17, Isoptera, Science Press. (entry no. 73 in the original work) Entries are cited by their number in the original work.